{"id":"F2010L02053","name":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Direction No. 33 - Monitoring of the prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of unleaded petroleum products in the petroleum industry in Australia","slug":"trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":124627,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L02053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Direction No. 33 - Monitoring of the prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of unleaded petroleum products in the petroleum industry in Australia","content":"![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nTrade Practices Act 1974\n\nMONITORING OF THE PRICES, COSTS AND PROFITS RELATING TO THE SUPPLY OF UNLEADED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA\n\nI, Craig Emerson, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 95ZE of the Trade Practice Act 1974, hereby direct:\n\n1.  the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of unleaded petroleum products in the petroleum industry for one year, effective from 17 December 2010;\n2.  the ACCC to report to me on its monitoring activities in paragraph (1); and\n3.  the report of the ACCC to be provided by 17 December 2011.\n\nDated this 13th day of May 2010\n\nCraig Emerson\n\nMINISTER FOR COMPETITION POLICY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1796},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Direction maintains the precise, narrow scope stated in its title and preamble. It authorizes exactly one year of price monitoring specifically for unleaded petroleum products without expanding to diesel, LPG, or other fuels, and imposes no ongoing obligations beyond the single reporting requirement."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause with three numbered, straightforward commands","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislative provisions beyond the enabling section (s 95ZE)","Fixed temporal duration with absolute deadlines (no conditional extensions or exceptions)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Direction, issued under the Trade Practices Act 1974, requires the ACCC to monitor the retail unleaded petrol market from 17 December 2010 to 17 December 2011 and report to the Minister. It subjects petrol companies' pricing, costs and margins to formal scrutiny and increases transparency for motorists.\n\nThe aim is independent oversight to detect price‑fixing, excessive profits or anti‑competitive conduct and to explain whether price rises reflect costs or unjustified gouging."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-direction-no-33-monitoring-of-the-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-/documents"}}