Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000 - SECT 67

Producers

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person produces and supplies fuel in Australia during a calendar year; and

  (b)   the fuel is the subject of a fuel standard; and

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

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

the person must provide an annual statement for the year.

Importers

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a person imports fuel into Australia, and supplies the fuel in Australia, during a calendar year; and

  (b)   the fuel is the subject of a fuel standard; and

  (c)   in the case where the fuel standard specifies the circumstances in which the standard applies--the person supplies the fuel in Australia in those circumstances;

the person must provide an annual statement for the year.

When statement to be provided

  (3)   The statement must be provided on or before:

  (a)   14   February in the following year; or

  (b)   any later day allowed by the Secretary.

Content of statement

  (4)   The statement must:

  (a)   be in a form (which may be an electronic form) approved by the Secretary; and

  (b)   contain any information required by the Secretary; and

  (c)   be provided to the Secretary in accordance with the regulations.

Offence

  (5)   A person is guilty of an offence if the person contravenes a requirement of this section.

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

  (6)   Subsection   (5) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Civil penalty provision

  (7)   A person must not contravene a requirement of this section.

Civil penalty:

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

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