Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If a declaration under section 11 (1) is in force, the emergency services commissioner may, by written notice given to a person who is carrying on a prescribed business either completely or partly in the ACT, make any 1 or more of the following requirements:
(a) that the person must not sell a stated declared fuel unless the quantity of that fuel that would remain in storage at the premises, or each of the premises, where the person carries on the business in the ACT exceeds a stated quantity;
(b) that the person must not sell a stated declared fuel by retail to people other than people approved by the emergency services commissioner;
(c) that the person must not sell a stated declared fuel by retail to anyone, except on stated days and at stated times;
(d) that the person must not sell a stated declared fuel by retail to the owner or driver of a motor vehicle on a day unless—
(i) if the last number on the numberplates attached to the motor vehicle is an even number—the day is an even numbered day of the month; and
(ii) if the last number on the numberplates attached to the motor vehicle is an odd number—the day is an odd numbered day of the month;
(e) that the person (the seller ) must not refuse to sell a stated declared fuel by retail to anyone who does not operate an account with, or is not a regular customer of, the prescribed business carried on by the seller;
(f) that the person must not display or exhibit on or near the premises where the person carries on the prescribed business a notice or sign containing the words ‘account customers only' or ‘regular customers only', either alone or in combination with any other words, or any other words indicating or implying that the person will sell fuel only to people who operate an account with, or who are regular customers of, the business;
(g) that the person must not sell a stated declared fuel by wholesale except to the people, and at the times and in the quantities, approved by the emergency services commissioner;
(h) that the person must not sell, to anyone at one time, a quantity of a stated declared fuel exceeding a stated quantity;
(i) that the total quantity of a stated declared fuel sold by the person during a stated period must not exceed a stated quantity;
(j) that the person must not remove a stated declared fuel from the ACT unless the quantity of a stated declared fuel that would remain in storage at the premises, or each of the premises, where the person carries on the business in the ACT exceeds a stated quantity.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a requirement made of the person under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.