Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000 - SECT 19

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a person (the supplier ) supplies fuel in Australia to another person and the fuel is the subject of a fuel standard; and

                    (aa)  in the case where the fuel standard specifies the circumstances in which the standard applies--the supplier supplies the fuel in Australia in those circumstances; and

                     (b)  the supplier is a constitutional corporation or a Commonwealth entity or the supplier supplies the fuel in the course of constitutional trade or commerce; and

                     (c)  the other person is not the end‑user of the fuel;

the supplier must, within the period prescribed by the regulations, provide the other person with a document or documents containing:

                     (d)  a statement as to whether or not the fuel complies with the standard; and

                     (e)  any other information relating to the fuel that is prescribed by the regulations.

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

             (2)  Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .