Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000 - SECT 19A

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   a person (the supplier ) supplies fuel in Australia to another person and the fuel is the subject of a fuel standard; and

  (b)   in the case where the fuel standard specifies the circumstances in which the standard applies--the supplier supplies the fuel in Australia in those circumstances; and

  (c)   the supplier is a constitutional corporation or a Commonwealth entity or the supplier supplies the fuel in the course of constitutional trade or commerce; and

  (d)   the other person is not the end - user of the fuel.

  (2)   The supplier contravenes this subsection if, within the period prescribed by the regulations, the supplier does not provide the other person with a document or documents containing:

  (a)   a statement as to whether or not the fuel complies with the standard; and

  (b)   any other information relating to the fuel that is prescribed by the regulations.

Civil penalty:

  (a)   for an individual--60 penalty units; and

  (b)   for a body corporate--300 penalty units.