Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026
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Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026
Queensland Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026
Queensland Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 35A (Application of div 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 35B (Sustainable biobased petrol requirement) 4 6 Amendment of s 35C (Sustainable biobased diesel requirement) 5 7 Insertion of new pt 5A, div 1, sdiv 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Subdivision 2A Other requirements for sale of petrol-biobased petrol blends or diesel-biobased diesel blends 35DA Definitions for subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 35DB Biobased petrol content in petrol-biobased petrol blends 6 35DC Biobased diesel content in diesel-biobased diesel blends 6 35DD Defence for offence against s 35DB or 35DC . . . . . . 6 35DE Display of octane rating for E10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2026 A Bill for An Act to amend the Liquid Fuel Supply Act 1984 for particular purposes
[s 1] Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026 Page 4 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Act 2026. 2 Commencement This Act commences on the day that is 1 year after the date of assent. 3 Act amended This Act amends the Liquid Fuel Supply Act 1984. 4 Amendment of s 35A (Application of div 1) (1) Section 35A(2), from ‘of—’— omit, insert— of petrol fuel or diesel fuel by a fuel wholesaler to another fuel wholesaler. (2) Section 35A(3) and (5)— omit. (3) Section 35A(4)— renumber as section 35A(3). 5 Amendment of s 35B (Sustainable biobased petrol requirement) (1) Section 35B(2), penalty— omit, insert— Maximum penalty— (a) for a first offence—400 penalty units; or 1 Clause 2 3 4 Clause 5 6 7 Clause 8 9 Clause 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Clause 19 20 21 22 23 24
[s 6] Liquid Fuel Supply (Ethanol and Other Biofuels Mandate) Amendment Bill 2026 Page 5 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel (b) for a second or later offence—4,000 penalty units. (2) Section 35B(3), definition minimum amount, paragraph (b)— omit. (3) Section 35B(3), definition minimum amount, paragraph (c)— renumber as paragraph (b). 6 Amendment of s 35C (Sustainable biobased diesel requirement) Section 35C(2), penalty— omit, insert— Maximum penalty— (a) for a first offence—400 penalty units; or (b) for a second or later offence—4,000 penalty units. 7 Insertion of new pt 5A, div 1, sdiv 2A Part 5A, division 1— insert— Subdivision 2A Other requirements for sale of petrol-biobased petrol blends or diesel-biobased diesel blends 35DA Definitions for subdivision In this subdivision— % v/v means per cent volume by volume. E10 means a petrol-biobased petrol blend that is sold, marketed or represented as ‘E10’. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clause 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Clause 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27