19Offence—supplying fuel without documentation

19 Offence—supplying fuel without documentation

(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.