Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000 NO. 153, 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Main object 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  

   PART 2--REGULATION OF FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVES

           Division 1--Overview

   11.     Overview of Part  

           Division 2--Supply of fuel

   12.     Supply of fuel  

           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  

           Division 4--Fuel documentation

   19.     Supplies of fuel to be accompanied by documentation  

           Division 5--Alteration of fuel

   20.     Altering fuel the subject of a fuel standard  

           Division 6--Fuel standards

   21.     Making of standards  
   22.     Guidelines for more stringent 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.  

           Division 7--Supply and importation of fuel additives

   30.     Supply of a fuel additive  
   31.     Importation of a fuel additive  

           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  

   PART 3--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 1--Overview

   37.     Overview of Part  

           Division 2--Appointment of inspectors and identity cards

   38.     Appointment of inspectors  
   39.     Identity card  

           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  

           Division 4--Offence-related powers

   43.     Searches and seizures related to offences  
   44.     Offence-related powers  

           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  

           Division 6--Occupier's rights and responsibilities

   52.     Occupier entitled to be present during search  
   53.     Occupier to provide inspector with all facilities and  

           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  

           Division 8--Warrants

   59.     Monitoring warrants  
   60.     Offence-related warrants  
   61.     Offence-related warrants by telephone, telex, fax etc.  
   62.     Offences relating to warrants  

           Division 9--Powers of magistrates

   63.     Powers conferred on magistrates in their personal  
   64.     Immunity of magistrates  

           Division 10--Injunctions

   65.     Injunctions  

   PART 4--RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

   66.     Record keeping  
   67.     Annual statements  

   PART 5--OTHER MATTERS

   68.     Delegation by Minister  
   69.     Delegation by Secretary  
   70.     Review of decisions  
   71.     Annual report  
   72.     Review of operation of Act  
   73.     Regulations