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LIQUID FUEL SUPPLY ACT 1984 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary


"aircraft" means any machine or craft that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air or from buoyancy but does not include an air cushion vehicle.

"approved form" means a form approved under section 56A.

"authorised person" means a person holding an appointment as an authorised person pursuant to section 36 .

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"biobased diesel" means—

(a) biodiesel; or
(b) other fuel for diesel engines produced from—
(i) plant oils or animal oils; or
(ii) biomass; or
(iii) waste.

"biobased petrol" means—
(a) ethanol; or
(b) other fuel for petrol engines produced from—
(i) plant oils or animal oils; or
(ii) biomass; or
(iii) waste.

"biodiesel" has the meaning given under the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (Cwlth) .

"calendar quarter" means a period of 3 calendar months starting on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October of a year.

"diesel" means fuel for diesel engines produced from petroleum.

"diesel-biobased diesel blend" means a blend of diesel and biobased diesel.

"document" includes—
(a) a book, plan, paper, parchment, film or other material on which there is writing or printing or on which there are marks, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and
(b) a disc, tape, paper, film or other device from which sounds or images are capable of being reproduced; and
(c) any other record of information.

"examine" includes account, measure, weigh, grade or gauge.

"fuel facility" means a place from which a fuel seller supplies petrol or diesel sold by the fuel seller.
Example for a fuel retailer—
a service station
Examples for a fuel wholesaler—
a depot, refinery or terminal

"fuel retailer" means a person who sells petrol or diesel to the public other than for resale by members of the public.

"fuel seller" means a fuel retailer or fuel wholesaler.

"fuel wholesaler" means a person who sells petrol or diesel to fuel retailers for resale by the fuel retailers, whether or not the person also sells petrol or diesel to another person for the person’s own use.

"information notice" means a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157 (2) .

"liquid fuel" means liquid petroleum, a liquid petroleum product, a liquid petrochemical, methanol or ethanol.

"liquid fuel emergency" means an emergency declared to exist pursuant to section 23 .

"liquid petrochemical" means a substance that is a petrochemical and is in a liquid state at standard temperature and pressure.

"liquid petroleum" means a substance that is petroleum and is in a liquid state at standard temperature and pressure or a temperature and pressure prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

"liquid petroleum product" means a substance that is a petroleum product and is in a liquid state at standard temperature and pressure or a temperature and pressure prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

"low aromatic fuel" means petrol, or petrol-biobased petrol blend, that is low aromatic fuel under the Low Aromatic Fuel Act 2013 (Cwlth) .

"low aromatic fuel service station" means a service station—
(a) where low aromatic fuel is sold to the public; or
(b) that is in a low aromatic fuel area, or fuel control area, under the Low Aromatic Fuel Act 2013 (Cwlth) .

"Minister" ...

"petrochemical" means a substance (not being a petroleum product) whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state manufactured from any of, or from a mixture of any of, the following substances, that is to say, a petroleum product, petroleum or a petroliferous mineral.

"petrol" does not include aviation fuel or liquid petroleum gas.

"petrol-biobased petrol blend" means a blend of petrol and biobased petrol.

"petroleum" means—
(a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or
(b) any naturally occurring mixture of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons and of another substance or other substances whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state.

"petroleum product" means—
(a) any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons produced by subjecting petroleum to a process of refining or produced from petroliferous minerals; or
(b) any mixture of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons so produced with another substance or other substances.

"premium petrol" means petrol that complies with the fuel standard for premium unleaded petrol under the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (Cwlth) .

"premium petrol-biobased petrol blend" means a blend of premium petrol and biobased petrol.

"prescribed business" means a business prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of section 10 .

"price" includes a charge of any description.

"rationed liquid petroleum product" ...

"refined liquid petroleum product" means—
(a) a liquid petroleum product, being—
(i) aviation gasoline; or
(ii) motor spirit; or
(iii) aviation turbine fuel; or
(iv) lighting kerosene; or
(v) heating oil; or
(vi) power kerosene; or
(vii) automotive distillate; or
(viii) industrial diesel fuel; or
(ix) liquid petroleum gas; or
(x) fuel oil; or
(xi) bitumen; or
(xii) naptha; or
(xiii) lubricating oil; or
(xiv) lubricating grease; or
(b) a liquid petroleum product (other than a liquid petroleum product referred to in paragraph (a)) that is declared by the regulations to be a refined liquid petroleum product for the purposes of this Act; or
(c) methanol; or
(d) ethanol.

"registration information" , for a fuel seller, means—
(a) the fuel seller’s name, business address, phone number, and email address (if any); and
(b) the address of each of the fuel seller’s fuel facilities; and
(c) the type of fuel supplied from each of the fuel seller’s fuel facilities.

"regular petrol" means petrol that is not premium petrol.

"regular petrol-biobased petrol blend" means a blend of regular petrol and biobased petrol.

"relevant person" means—
(a) a person engaged in importing into Queensland or exporting from Queensland liquid fuel; or
(b) a person engaged in selling in Queensland liquid fuel either in bulk or otherwise;
whether or not that activity constitutes the sole or principal activity in which the person engages.

"service" means anything done or necessary or expedient to be done for or with respect to the production, supply, distribution or sale of liquid fuel.

"service station" means a place where petrol or diesel is sold to the public, whether or not the place is used for another purpose, including, for example, for selling other products.

"stakeholder" means an entity with expertise or an interest in biobased diesel or biobased petrol, including, for example—
(a) a government agency of Queensland, another State or the Commonwealth; and
(b) an entity involved in, or representing, the biofuel industry, feedstock industry, fuel industry, motor vehicle industry, consumers of feedstock or motor vehicle users.

"standard service station" means a service station that is not a low aromatic fuel service station.

"standard temperature and pressure" means a temperature of 15ºC and a pressure of 101.325kPa.

"sustainable biobased diesel" means biobased diesel that complies with the sustainability criteria for biobased diesel prescribed by regulation.

"sustainable biobased petrol" means biobased petrol that complies with the sustainability criteria for biobased petrol prescribed by regulation.

"sustainable biofuel" means—
(a) sustainable biobased diesel; or
(b) sustainable biobased petrol.

"sustainable biofuel blend" means—
(a) a diesel-biobased diesel blend containing sustainable biobased diesel; or
(b) a petrol-biobased petrol blend containing sustainable biobased petrol.

"sustainable biofuel requirement" means a requirement under section 35B or 35C.

"utter" means to use or deal with or attempt to use or deal with or attempt to induce any person to use, deal with or act upon the thing in relation to which the term is used in this Act.

"vehicle" means any thing designed as a means of transport or conveyance by movement on wheels but does not include a tram or train.

"vessel" means a ship, boat or vessel of any description and includes—
(a) a floating structure; or
(b) an air cushion vehicle.



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