New regulations are now in place requiring Victorian fuel retailers to start and complete onboarding to a new fuel finder feature ahead of sharing fuel price data for publishing on the Service Victoria app.
The regulations are made under the Australian Consumer Law and Fair-Trading Act 2012. Under the regulations, penalties will apply for failing to provide daily price updates on the app.
These regulations follow public and industry consultation. Feedback collected from fuel retailers has helped in the design of the new regulations and the fuel finder feature.
Now the regulations are in effect, fuel retailers need to complete three key steps to become compliant.
You need to set up a business profile on the Service Victoria website by 26 August.
The Director, Consumer Affairs Victoria has determined that fuel retailers must provide this information as part of the onboarding process by creating a business profile on the Service Victoria website.
Once your account has been activated, you can choose to submit your data by using the API or the web portal option.
For API users, once you’ve successfully completed this step and advised our production team, you have 15 days to complete testing and final implementation steps, and to start fuel price reporting.
If you choose to submit prices through the Service Victoria web portal, you are required to start fuel price reporting once your access is approved.
When the fuel feature becomes available to the public later this year, you’ll be able to review fuel prices via the app in real time. The Victorian daily fuel price dataset will also be available to those who request it, 24 hours after prices are published on the app.
For more information or to get support, visit: consumer.vic.gov.au/fuel-price-reporting
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