Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A person who
offers motor fuel for retail sale at a place where this regulation applies is
required to have, at the place of sale, a price display as described in this
regulation.
Penalty: in the case of an individual,
$20 000 and, in the case of a body corporate, $100 000.
(2) The price display
has at least to show —
(a)
whenever not more than 3 kinds of motor fuel are currently offered for retail
sale at the place, the standard retail price for each of those kinds of motor
fuel;
(b)
whenever more than 3 kinds of motor fuel (the kinds offered ) are currently
offered for retail sale at the place, the standard retail prices for 3 of the
kinds offered including —
(i)
if one of them is LPG, the standard retail price for LPG;
(ii)
if only one of them is regular unleaded petrol, the
standard retail price for that kind of motor fuel; and
(iii)
if 2 or more of them are regular unleaded petrol, the
standard retail price for each of 2 of those kinds of motor fuel and for one
of the other kinds offered that is not regular unleaded petrol.
(3) The price display
has to be in a suitable position, and if necessary sufficiently illuminated,
to enable each price shown and the description of the kind of motor fuel to
which the price applies to be clearly legible to passing motorists whenever
the motor fuel is offered for retail sale.
(4) The price display
may consist of more than one sign or other thing.
(5)
Subregulation (1) does not apply to a place of sale while it is exempt
under subregulation (6) from the requirements of this regulation.
(6) The Commissioner
may, by order published in the Gazette —
(a) if
satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances because of which the
requirements of this regulation should not apply, exempt a particular place of
sale from the requirements of this regulation for a specified period or until
the exemption is revoked;
(b)
revoke an exemption under paragraph (a), whether it was given for a
specified period or not.
(7) In this
regulation —
regular unleaded petrol means petrol sold as
regular unleaded petrol (91 to 93 RON), however described.
[Regulation 6 inserted: Gazette
11 Jul 2001 p. 3460‑1; amended: Gazette
16 Nov 2001 p. 5981; 31 Dec 2001
p. 6764‑5; 9 Dec 2005 p. 5875‑6;
SL 2020/34 r. 6.]
[Heading inserted: Gazette 11 Jul 2001
p. 3461.]