Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001

as amended

made under section 21 of the

Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

This compilation was prepared on 5 September 2006
taking into account amendments up to Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Amendment Determination 2005 (No. 1)

The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Determination [see Note 1]

 2 Commencement 

 2A Definition 

 3 Fuel standard for diesel 

 4 Testing methods 

 5 Operability standards for diesel 

Notes               

 

 

1 Name of Determination [see Note 1]

  This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001.

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on 1 January 2002.

2A Definition

  In this Determination:

ASTM International means the standards development organisation of that name.

diesel means automotive diesel.

3 Fuel standard for diesel

 (1) Diesel that contains a substance mentioned in the following table must not contain more than the amount mentioned for the substance from the date mentioned for the substance.

 

Item

Substance

Amount

Date

1

Sulfur

500 mg/kg

31 December 2002

2

Sulfur

50 mg/kg

1 January 2006

2A

Sulfur

10 mg/kg

1 January 2009

3

Ash and suspended solids

100 mg/kg

1 January 2002

4

PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)

11% mass by mass

1 January 2006

 

 (2) The distillation temperature at which 95% of diesel has been recovered must:

 (a) from 1 July 2005 — not be above 370C; and

 (b) from 1 January 2006 — not be above 360C.

 (3) The cetane index of diesel must be at least 46.

 (4) The density of diesel must be at least 820 kg/m3 and not more than:

 (a) from 1 January 2002 — 860 kg/m3; and

 (b) from 1 January 2006 — 850 kg/m3.

 (5) The viscosity of diesel must be at least 2.0 cSt, and not more than 4.5 cSt, at 40C.

4 Testing methods

 (1) Compliance with the standard set out in section 3 for a substance or parameter is determined by application of the testing method for the substance or parameter in the following table:

 

Item

Substance or parameter

Testing method

1

Ash and suspended solids

ASTM D482

2

Sulfur

ASTM D5453

3

Cetane index

ASTM D4737 Procedure A

4

Density

ASTM D1298

5

Distillation temperature

ASTM D86

6

PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)

IP 391

7

Viscosity

ASTM D445

 

 (2) For subsection (1), ASTM followed by an alphanumeric code means the testing method developed by ASTM International under that alphanumeric code.

5 Operability standards for diesel

 (1) To allow the more effective operation of engines, diesel of a kind mentioned in an item of the following table must, in relation to the parameter mentioned in that item, comply with the specification for that parameter mentioned in that item.

 (2) For subsection (1), a parameter of diesel of a kind mentioned in an item of the table complies with the specification for that item only if that is the result after the diesel has been tested, in relation to that parameter, using the ASTM International or Institute of Petroleum (IP) method of testing mentioned in that item.

 

Item

Kind of diesel

Parameter

Specification

Referee test method

1

All diesel

Carbon residue (10% distillation residue)

0.2 mass % maximum

ASTM D4530

2

All diesel

Water and sediment

0.05 vol % maximum

ASTM D2709

3

All diesel held by a terminal or refinery for sale or distribution

Conductivity at ambient temperature

50 per pS/m minimum at ambient temperature

ASTM D2624

 

4

All diesel

Oxidation stability

25 mg/l maximum

ASTM D2274

5

All diesel

Colour

2 maximum

ASTM D1500

6

All diesel

Copper corrosion (3 hours at 50°C)

Class 1 maximum

ASTM D130

7

All diesel

Flash point

61.5°C minimum

ASTM D93

8

All diesel

Filter blocking tendency

2.0 maximum

IP 387

9

All diesel containing less than 500 ppm sulfur

Lubricity

0.460 mm maximum

IP 450

 

Notes to the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001

Note 1

The Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 (in force under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Table of Instruments

Title

Date of notification
in Gazette or FRLI registration

Date of
commencement

Application, saving or
transitional provisions

Fuel Standard (Diesel) Determination 2001

22 Aug 2001 (see Gazette 2001,
No. GN33)

1 Jan 2002

 

Fuel Standard (Diesel) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1)

3 Oct 2001 (see Gazette 2001,
No. GN39)

1 Jan 2002

—

Fuel Standard (Diesel) Amendment Determination 2002 (No. 1)

24 Oct 2002 (see Gazette 2002,
No. S396)

16 Oct 2002

—

Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 1)

11 Aug 2004 (see Gazette 2004,
No. GN32)

11 Aug 2004

—

Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Amendment Determination 2005 (No. 1)

15 June 2005 (see F2005L01417)

16 June 2005

—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

S. 1.................

rs. 2002 No. 1

S. 2A................

ad. 2002 No. 1

 

am. 2005 No. 1

S. 3.................

am. 2001 No. 1; 2004 No. 1; 2005 No. 1

S. 4.................

ad. 2001 No. 1

 

rs. 2005 No. 1

S. 5.................

ad. 2002 No. 1

 

am. 2005 No. 1