Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Applicable fuel standard for fuel supplies  
   6.      Act binds the Crown  
   7.      External Territories  
   8.      Relationship to other Commonwealth laws  
   9.      Relationship to State and Territory laws  

   PART 2--REGULATION--OF FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVES

           Division 1--Overview

   11.     Overview of Part  

           Division 2--Supply of fuel

   12.     Offence--supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel standards  
   12AA.   Civil penalty--supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel standards  
   12A.    Offence--supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel quality information standards  
   12B.    Civil penalty--supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel quality information standards  

           Division 3--Approvals

              Subdivision A--Grant of approval

   13.     Grant of approval  
   13A.    Period of effect of approval  
   14.     Application for approval  
   15.     Criteria for granting approval  
   16.     Conditions of approval  
   17.     Condition about informing people of obligations  
   17A.    Approvals and reasons for approvals to be made public  
   17B.    Notification of refusal to grant approval  

              Subdivision B--Variation of approval

   17C.    Variation of approval--general  
   17D.    Variation of approval--Secretary's initiative  
   17E.    Variation of approval--adding regulated persons  
   17F.    Variation of approval--extended period of effect of emergency approval  

              Subdivision C--Revoking an approval

   17G.    Revoking an approval  

              Subdivision D--Contravening conditions of approval

   18.     Offences--contravening conditions of approval  
   18A.    Civil penalties--contravening conditions of approval  

           Division 4--Fuel documentation

   19.     Offence--supplying fuel without documentation  
   19A.    Civil penalty--supplying fuel without documentation  

           Division 5--Alteration of fuel

   20.     Offence--altering fuel the subject of a fuel standard  
   20A.    Civil penalty--altering fuel the subject of a fuel standard  

           Division 6--Fuel standards and fuel quality information standards

   21.     Making fuel standards  
   22.     Guidelines for more stringent fuel standards  
   22A.    Making fuel quality information standards  
   24.     Fuel Standards Consultative Committee  
   24A.    Consultation--general  
   24B.    Consultation--extended period of effect of emergency approval  
   24C.    Notification  
   25.     Membership of Committee  
   26.     Procedures of Committee  
   28.     Remuneration  
   29.     Appointment conditions of committee members  

           Division 7--Supply and importation of fuel additives

   30.     Offence--supplying a fuel additive  
   30A.    Civil penalty--supplying a fuel additive  
   31.     Offence--importing a fuel additive  
   31A.    Civil penalty--importing a fuel additive  

           Division 8--Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives

   32.     Minister to keep Register  
   33.     Inspection of the Register  
   34.     Notice of proposed entries in the Register  
   35.     Minister to consider submissions and make a decision  
   36.     Guidelines for making a decision  

   PART 3--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1--Overview

   37.     Overview of Part  

           Division 2--Appointment of inspectors and identity cards

   38.     Appointment of inspectors  
   39.     Identity card  

           Division 3--Monitoring powers

   40.     Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance  
   41.     Monitoring powers--with consent or with warrant  
   41A.    Exercise of powers in public areas of business premises  
   42.     Inspector on premises under monitoring warrant may require persons to answer questions etc.  

           Division 4--Search and seizure powers

   43.     Searches and seizures  
   44.     Search and seizure powers  

           Division 5--Obligations and incidental powers of inspectors

   45.     Inspector must produce identity card on request  
   46.     Consent  
   47.     Announcement before entry  
   48.     Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.  
   49.     Use of electronic equipment already at premises  
   50.     Securing electronic equipment for use by experts  
   51.     Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  

           Division 6--Occupier's rights and responsibilities

   52.     Occupier entitled to be present during search  
   53.     Occupier to provide inspector with all facilities and assistance  

           Division 7--General provisions relating to seizure

   54.     Copies of seized things to be provided  
   55.     Receipts for things seized  
   56.     Return of seized things  
   57.     Magistrate may permit a thing to be retained  
   58.     Disposal of goods if there is no owner or owner cannot be located  

           Division 7A--Analysing samples taken under this Part etc.

   58A.    How sample is to be dealt with  
   58B.    Evidentiary certificates in relation to certain matters  

           Division 8--Warrants

   59.     Monitoring warrants  
   60.     Enforcement warrants  
   61.     Enforcement warrants by telephone, telex, fax etc.  
   62.     Offences relating to warrants  

           Division 9--Powers of magistrates

   63.     Powers conferred on magistrates in their personal capacity  
   64.     Immunity of magistrates  

           Division 10--Injunctions

   65.     Injunctions  

           Division 11--Civil penalties

              Subdivision A--Obtaining an order for a civil penalty

   65A.    Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision  
   65B.    Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision  
   65C.    Recovery of a pecuniary penalty  
   65D.    Gathering information for application for pecuniary penalty  

              Subdivision B--Civil penalty proceedings and criminal proceedings

   65E.    Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings  
   65F.    Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings  
   65G.    Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings  
   65H.    Evidence given in proceedings for penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings  
   65J.    Civil double jeopardy  

              Subdivision C--Miscellaneous

   65K.    Multiple contraventions of civil penalty provisions  

           Division 12--Infringement notices

   65L.    When an infringement notice may be given  
   65M.    Matters to be included in an infringement notice  
   65N.    Extension of time to pay penalty  
   65P.    Withdrawal of an infringement notice  
   65Q.    Effect of payment of penalty  
   65R.    Effect of this Division  
   65S.    Regulations  

           Division 13--Enforceable undertakings

   65T.    Acceptance of undertakings  
   65U.    Enforcement of undertakings  

   PART 4--RECORD--KEEPING AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

   66.     Offence--failure to keep and maintain records  
   66A.    Civil penalty--failure to keep and maintain records  
   67.     Annual statements  

   PART 5--OTHER--MATTERS

   67A.    Disclosure of information  
   68.     Delegation by Minister  
   69.     Delegation by Secretary  
   70.     Review of decisions  
   71.     Annual report  
   72.     Review of operation of Act  
   73.     Regulations