1Fuel Quality Standards (Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives) Guidelines 2019

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Fuel Quality Standards (Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives) Guidelines 2019

I, Jo Evans, as delegate of the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, make the following guidelines.

Dated 20 September 2019

Jo Evans

Acting Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy

 

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

5 Guidelines for making a decision

Schedule 1—Repeals

Fuel Quality Standards (Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives) Guidelines 2003

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Fuel Quality Standards (Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives) Guidelines 2019.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 October 2019.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 36 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Guidelines for making a decision

 (1) The Minister must have regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) when deciding whether or not to:

 (a) enter a fuel additive, or a class of fuel additives, in the Register; or

 (b) remove a fuel additive, or a class of fuel additives, from the Register.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the matters are as follows:

 (a) the effect that the fuel additive or class of fuel additives has, or will have, on emissions;

 (b) the effect that the fuel additive or class of fuel additives has, or will have, on the operation and durability of engines, fuel and exhaust systems and pollution control systems;

 (c) the effect that the fuel additive or class of fuel additives has, will have, or is likely to have, on the environment;

 (d) the effect that the fuel additive or class of fuel additives has, will have, or is likely to have, on human health and safety;