{"id":"F2008L01125","name":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Direction No. 32 - Monitoring of the prices of unleaded petroleum products","slug":"trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":73301,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L01125-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Direction No. 32 - Monitoring of the prices of unleaded petroleum products","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Mr G Samuel AO\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\n \n\n \n\nTrade Practices Act 1974\n\n \n\n \n\nMONITORING OF THE PRICES OF UNLEADED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS\n\n \n\n \n\nI, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 95ZE of the Trade Practice Act 1974, hereby direct:\n\n \n\n(1) the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (‘the Commission’) to monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of unleaded petroleum products in the petroleum industry.\n\n(2) the Commission to report to me on its monitoring activities in paragraph (1) for a period of three years commencing from the date of this direction.\n\n(3) the reports of the Commission to be provided annually, no later than the anniversary of the  date of this direction.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated this    Seventeenth  day of  December  2007\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nCHRIS BOWEN\n\nMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":949},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a discrete, time-limited ministerial direction issued under a specific statutory power. Its scope remains exactly as originally intended: a focused three-year monitoring program for unleaded petroleum products only, with annual reporting obligations. There is no expansion beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short directive with only three operative paragraphs","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (s 95ZE)","Simple, unqualified obligations ('monitor', 'report') without exceptions or conditions","Fixed time period (3 years) creates certainty without ongoing administrative burden"],"plain_english_summary":"A Ministerial Direction requires the ACCC to monitor prices, costs and profits of unleaded petrol in Australia for three years from 17 December 2007 and deliver annual reports by 17 December each year. It compels ACCC scrutiny of petroleum suppliers’ pricing (benefitting consumers through greater transparency) and is made under section 95ZE of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to detect anti‑competitive conduct or unjustified price increases."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-32-monitoring-of-the-prices-of-unleaded-petroleum-products/documents"}}