{"id":"F2012L01274","name":"Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Monitoring of the Prices, Costs and Profits Relating to the Supply of Car Parking Services at Specified Airports in Australia","slug":"f2012l01274","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314248,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01274-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Monitoring of the Prices, Costs and Profits Relating to the Supply of Car Parking Services at Specified Airports in Australia","content":"![AustGovt_crest](image.001.jpeg)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nCompetition and consumer act 2010\n\nMONITORING OF THE PRICES, COSTS AND PROFITS RELATING TO THE SUPPLY OF car parking services at specified airports IN AUSTRALIA\n\nI, David Bradbury, Assistant Treasurer, pursuant to section 95ZF of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, hereby give the following direction:\n\n1.  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to undertake formal monitoring of the prices, costs and profits related to the supply of car parking services by the following persons:\n\na) Sydney Airport Corporation Limited and any other person from time to time operating a car parking facility at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport;\n\nb) Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited and any other person from time to time operating a car parking facility at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport;\n\nc) Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Limited and any other person from time to time operating a car parking facility at Brisbane Airport; and\n\nd) Perth Airport Pty Ltd and any other person from time to time operating a car parking facility at Perth Airport.\n\n2. The ACCC is to report to me on its monitoring activities in paragraph (1) at the time which is as soon as practicable following the end of each financial year.\n\n3. This Direction takes effect from 1 July 2012 and replaces Direction No. 31 of 7 April 2008, under the former Trade Practices Act 1974.\n\nDated this 12th day of june 2012\n\nDavid Bradbury\n\nAssistant treasurer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward ministerial direction exercising a specific statutory power. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of monitoring airport car parking at major hubs. The 2012 version simply updates the 2008 direction with current operator names and maintains the same scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (3 operative paragraphs plus header)","Only 4 defined entities (the four airports and their operators)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling power (section 95ZF)","Simple unconditional directive structure — 'is to undertake' and 'is to report'","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional triggers","Plain language throughout with minimal legal terminology"],"plain_english_summary":"A government Direction requires the ACCC to monitor prices, costs and profits for car parking at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports, and to report annually to the Assistant Treasurer. It binds current and future parking operators and impacts travellers and businesses that use these car parks. Replacing a 2008 order and effective 1 July 2012, the measure increases transparency to deter excessive fees—it's oversight, not direct price control."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument expressly replaces Direction No.31 (7 April 2008) but the text here reiterates the same core task—formal monitoring and annual reporting for car‑parking services at the four named airports. Absent the 2008 text, no substantive change of scope is evident from this direction alone."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, exhaustively named subject set (four specified airports) limits scope.","Task is monitoring and reporting, not rule‑making or price control — lower legal complexity.","Annual reporting cadence creates repeated administrative/compliance obligations for operators.","Direction replaces an earlier instrument (Direction No. 31 of 2008), requiring legal continuity checks.","ACCC retains discretion over monitoring methods and evidence collection under the enabling provision (s95ZF).","Potential multiplicity of operators at each airport introduces operational complexity for data gathering.","Enforcement and data‑submission mechanics are not detailed in the text, leaving implementation choices to the ACCC."],"plain_english_summary":"This direction instructs the ACCC to monitor annually the prices, costs and profits of car‑parking services at Sydney (Kingsford Smith), Melbourne (Tullamarine), Brisbane and Perth airports and report to the Assistant Treasurer as soon as practicable after each financial year. It takes effect 1 July 2012 and replaces a 2008 direction.\n\nMechanically, airport owners and any operators supplying car parking will face ongoing data collection and scrutiny; the ACCC (resourced by the Commonwealth) decides monitoring methods under s95ZF, creating a recurring compliance cost and administrative discretion."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2012l01274","history":"/api/acts/f2012l01274/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2012l01274/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2012l01274/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2012l01274/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2012l01274/documents"}}