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Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
12BCivil penalty—supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel quality information standards
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#### 12B Civil penalty—supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel quality information standards
A person contravenes this section if:
(a) the person supplies fuel in Australia; and
(b) the person is a constitutional corporation or a Commonwealth entity or the person supplies the fuel in the course of constitutional trade or commerce; and
(c) the supply is subject to a fuel quality information standard; and
(d) the supply does not comply with the fuel quality information standard; and
(e) either:
(i) if the person holds an approval that varies the fuel quality information standard in respect of the supply—the supply does not comply with the fuel quality information standard as varied; or
(ii) if another person holds an approval that varies the fuel quality information standard in respect of the supply by the person—the supply does not comply with the fuel quality information standard as varied; and
(f) the supply is not in order to comply with a direction or order under an emergency law.
Civil penalty:
(a) for an individual—60 penalty units; and
(b) for a body corporate—300 penalty units.