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Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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C2004C01151 C03
21 April 2004
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06 November 2009
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 Objects of Act
4 Definitions
5 Applicable fuel standard for fuel supplies
6 Act binds the Crown
7 External Territories
8 Relationship to other Commonwealth laws
9 Relationship to State and Territory laws
10 Offences
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Part 2—Regulation of fuel and fuel additives
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Division 1—Overview
11 Overview of Part
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Division 2—Supply of fuel
12 Complying with fuel standards
12A Complying with fuel quality information standards
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Division 3—Approvals
13 Grant of approval
14 Application for approval
15 Criteria for granting approval
16 Conditions of approval
17 Condition about informing people of obligations
17A Approvals and reasons for approvals to be made public
18 Person must not contravene conditions of approval
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Division 4—Fuel documentation
19 Supplies of fuel to be accompanied by documentation
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Division 5—Alteration of fuel
20 Altering fuel the subject of a fuel standard
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Division 6—Fuel standards and fuel quality information standards
21 Making fuel standards
22 Guidelines for more stringent fuel standards
22A Making fuel quality information standards
24 Fuel Standards Consultative Committee
24A Consultation
25 Membership of Committee
26 Procedures of Committee
27 Expert advisers
28 Remuneration
29 Appointment conditions of committee members etc.
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Division 7—Supply and importation of fuel additives
30 Supply of a fuel additive
31 Importation of a fuel additive
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Division 8—Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives
32 Minister to keep Register
33 Inspection of the Register
34 Notice of proposed entries in the Register
35 Minister to consider submissions and make a decision
36 Guidelines for making a decision
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Part 3—Enforcement
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Division 1—Overview
37 Overview of Part
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Division 2—Appointment of inspectors and identity cards
38 Appointment of inspectors
39 Identity card
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Division 3—Monitoring powers
40 Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance
41 Monitoring powers
42 Inspector on premises under warrant may require persons to answer questions etc.
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Division 4—Offence-related powers
43 Searches and seizures related to offences
44 Offence-related powers
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Division 5—Obligations and incidental powers of inspectors
45 Inspector must produce identity card on request
46 Consent
47 Announcement before entry
48 Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.
49 Use of electronic equipment already at premises
50 Securing electronic equipment for use by experts
51 Compensation for damage to electronic equipment
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Division 6—Occupier’s rights and responsibilities
52 Occupier entitled to be present during search
53 Occupier to provide inspector with all facilities and assistance
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Division 7—General provisions relating to seizure
54 Copies of seized things to be provided
55 Receipts for things seized
56 Return of seized things
57 Magistrate may permit a thing to be retained
58 Disposal of goods if there is no owner or owner cannot be located
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Division 7A—Analysing samples taken under this Part etc.
58A How sample is to be dealt with
58B Evidentiary certificates in relation to certain matters
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Division 8—Warrants
59 Monitoring warrants
60 Offence-related warrants
61 Offence-related warrants by telephone, telex, fax etc.
62 Offences relating to warrants
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Division 9—Powers of magistrates
63 Powers conferred on magistrates in their personal capacity
64 Immunity of magistrates
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Division 10—Injunctions
65 Injunctions
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Part 4—Record keeping and reporting obligations
66 Record keeping
67 Annual statements
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Part 5—Other matters
67A Disclosing information to the Commissioner of Taxation
68 Delegation by Minister
69 Delegation by Secretary
70 Review of decisions
71 Annual report
72 Review of operation of Act
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73 Regulations
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000