All legislative instruments that are registered must be presented for scrutiny in each House of the Parliament and, unless an exemption applies, they may be disallowed by either House. When documents are presented to the Australian Parliament for scrutiny, they are said to have been tabled.
This Direction was originally made under section 27A of the Prices Surveillance Act 1983 and is continued in force under section 95ZF of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (previously cited as the Trade Practices Act 1974) (see Schedule 2, Part 2, item 51 of the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Act 2003 for transitional provisions).