9Defence for failure to comply with minimum ethanol requirements—the Act, s 9A

9 Defence for failure to comply with minimum ethanol requirements—the Act, s 9A

9 Defence for failure to comply with minimum ethanol requirements—the Act, s 9A

For the Act, section 9A(2)(a), in relation to a prosecution for failure to comply with the minimum ethanol requirement imposed by the Act, section 6, the steps are—

(a) upgrade the volume fuel retailer’s infrastructure to enable the retailer to distribute sufficient petrol-ethanol blend to comply with the requirement, and

(b) ensure facilities for the sale of petrol-ethanol blend are available at the volume fuel retailer’s service stations, and

(c) secure, on a continuing basis, sufficient supplies of ethanol or petrol-ethanol blend to comply with the requirement, and

(d) market, on a continuing basis, petrol-ethanol blend to support compliance with the requirement, including by ensuring the price of E10 is conspicuously displayed on a sign alongside the price of other fuels at each volume fuel retailer’s service station at which E10 is sold by retail, and

(e) ensure, on a continuing basis, all E10 sold by the volume fuel retailer contains at least 9% ethanol.