3Guide to this Act

3 Guide to this Act

This Act is about promoting the supply of low aromatic fuel and controlling the supply of other fuels in certain areas in order to reduce potential harm to the health of people, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, living in those areas from sniffing fuel (see the object of this Act in section 4).

Part 2—Requirements relating to fuels for low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas

Division 1 of Part 2 deals with requirements relating to regular unleaded petrol for low aromatic fuel areas, prohibiting the supply of regular unleaded petrol in a low aromatic fuel area.

Division 2 of Part 2 deals with requirements relating to low aromatic fuel for low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas. These requirements are determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

Division 3 of Part 2 deals with requirements for fuels generally for low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas. These requirements are determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

Before making a determination for the purposes of Division 2 or 3 of Part 2, the Minister must be satisfied that making the determination will further the object of this Act.

Part 3—Designating low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas

Low aromatic fuel areas and fuel control areas are designated by the Minister under Part 3.

The Minister may only designate an area as a low aromatic fuel area, following appropriate consultation, if satisfied that doing so is reasonably likely to help reduce potential harm from sniffing fuel in that area, and if certain other conditions are satisfied.

The Minister may only designate an area as a fuel control area, following appropriate consultation, if satisfied that doing so is reasonably likely to help reduce potential harm from sniffing fuel in that area or in a low aromatic fuel area, and if certain other conditions are satisfied.

Part 4—Exemptions from requirements of this Act

Under Part 4, the Minister may exempt specified conduct from one or more of the requirements that would otherwise apply under Part 2 in relation to a low aromatic fuel area or a fuel control area.

Part 5—Miscellaneous matters

Part 5 deals with miscellaneous matters, including reviewing the operation of this Act and the power to make regulations.

Other introductory matters

Part 1 contains the Dictionary. The Dictionary is a list of every term that is defined in this Act. A term will either be defined in the Dictionary itself, or in another provision of this Act. If another provision defines the term, the Dictionary will have a signpost to that definition.

In addition, Part 1 deals with the application of this Act to the Crown and the relationship between this Act and State and Territory laws.