Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
5............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1
6............ Supply of ethanol blend from service stations............................................................... 1
7............ Other retail supply of ethanol blend............................................................................... 1
8............ Supply of ethanol blend to retailers............................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Repeals 3
Fuel Quality Information Standard (Ethanol) Determination 2003 3
1 Name
This instrument is the Fuel Quality Standards (Ethanol) Information Standard 2019.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 October 2019.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 22A of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
5 Definitions
In this instrument:
ethanol blend means petrol that, as tested in accordance with the Fuel Quality Standards (Petrol) Determination 2019, contains more than 1% ethanol.
service station means premises at which petrol is sold by retail from a fuel pump.
6 Supply of ethanol blend from service stations
(1) This section specifies:
(a) the information about ethanol blend that should be provided with the supply of ethanol blend from a service station; and
(b) the way in which that information is to be provided.
(2) One of the following is to be clearly displayed on any fuel pump at the service station dispensing ethanol blend:
(a) the words “Contains up to x% ethanol”, where x is no less than the percentage of ethanol in the ethanol blend;
(b) the words “Contains y% ethanol”, where y is the percentage of ethanol in the ethanol blend.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), if the percentage is not a whole number, it may be rounded to the nearest whole number, with a number ending with 0.5 being rounded up.
7 Other retail supply of ethanol blend
(1) This section specifies:
(a) the information about ethanol blend that should be provided in relation to the supply of ethanol blend, by retail sale, other than from a service station; and
(b) the way in which that information is to be provided.
(2) Either of the following:
(a) before the ethanol blend is supplied to a buyer, the buyer is to be given a document that prominently includes the words specified in paragraph 6(2)(a) or (b);
(b) if the buyer is present when the ethanol blend is supplied, the words specified in paragraph 6(2)(a) or (b) are to appear on each container of ethanol blend so that the words can be easily read by the buyer.
8 Supply of ethanol blend to retailers
(1) This section specifies:
(a) the information about ethanol blend that should be provided with the supply of ethanol blend to a retailer; and
(b) the way in which that information is to be provided.
(2) At the time of the supply, the retailer is to be given a document that prominently displays:
(a) a statement that the ethanol blend may contain up to and including 10% ethanol; and
(b) a statement that the ethanol blend is the subject of this instrument.