Long Title

An Act to amend the Liquid Fuel Supply Act 1984 for particular purposes

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Liquid Fuel Supply (Minimum Biobased Petrol Content) Amendment Act 2022.

2 Act amended

This Act amends the Liquid Fuel Supply Act 1984.

3 Amendment of s 35B (Sustainable biobased petrol requirement)

Section 35B (2), penalty—

omit, insert—

4 Insertion of new pt 5A, div 1, sdiv 2A

Part 5A, division 1 —

insert—

35DA Minimum biobased petrol content in petrol-biobased petrol blends

(1) A fuel seller must not sell a petrol-biobased petrol blend that contains less than 9% biobased petrol in the blend.
[Note: Maximum penalty—

(a) for a first offence—400 penalty units; or

(b) for a second or later offence—4,000 penalty units.

]

(2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence for the person charged with the offence to prove that the person did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the petrol-biobased petrol blend contained less than 9% biobased petrol.

5 Insertion of new s 35T

After section 35S —

insert—

35T Supporting information for supply of petrol- biobased petrol blends to retailers

(1) This section applies if a fuel wholesaler supplies a petrol-biobased petrol blend to a fuel retailer.

(2) The fuel wholesaler must give the fuel retailer a document at the time of supply that states the minimum percentage of biobased petrol in the petrol-biobased petrol blend.
[Note: Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.]

6 Insertion of new pt 9

After part 8 —

insert—