Checklist · Competition & Consumer Law
Displayed price and single-figure total
Checklist of the ACCC price-display page on the single total price, more than one displayed price, drip pricing, menu surcharges and payment-method discounts.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when checking a price shown to a consumer before booking, ordering or purchase, including a checkout flow that adds fees. It does not decide that a display is misleading.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may list each price and fee shown in the screenshots or copy, in the order a consumer sees them, and the lawyer decides whether the display meets the page's rules.
AI may
- List each price, fee and pre-selected option in the order it appears
- Mark whether a single total figure is at least as prominent as any partial price
- Record the menu surcharge words, if any, and compare them with the sentence on the page
AI must not
- Must not decide that a was/now price or a drip-pricing flow is misleading
- Must not rewrite the advertisement or the checkout
- Must not treat the card-surcharge sentence as applying to a fee that is not a card surcharge
The lawyer checks
- The single figure is the minimum total cost, including taxes, duties and unavoidable or pre-selected fees
- A fee that cannot be quantified is treated only as the page allows, and the customer is told the full total once it can be calculated
- If more than one price is displayed, either the lowest is charged or one of the page's exceptions applies
- The card-surcharge page linked from this page is read before advising on a card fee
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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