6Minimum ethanol requirement for volume fuel retailers

6 Minimum ethanol requirement for volume fuel retailers

6 Minimum ethanol requirement for volume fuel retailers

(1) A volume fuel retailer must ensure that the volume of ethanol sold by the retailer (in petrol-ethanol blend) during a relevant period is not less than the minimum ethanol percentage of the total volume of all petrol (including petrol-ethanol blend) sold by the retailer during the relevant period.

(2) The minimum ethanol percentage is—

(a) 2% for any relevant period before a relevant period to which paragraph (b) or (c) applies, or

(b) 4% for a relevant period that starts on or after 1 January 2010 other than a relevant period to which paragraph (c) applies, or

(c) 6% for a relevant period that starts on or after 1 January 2011.

(3) Only ethanol that complies with a biofuel sustainability standard may be counted towards the volume of ethanol sold for the purposes of this section.

s 6: Subst 2009 No 11, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2016 No 12, Sch 2 [8]