31APetroleum products and fuel production

31A Petroleum products and fuel production

31A Petroleum products and fuel production

(1) This clause applies to the following activities—

petroleum products and fuel production (general)means the production of petroleum products by—

(a) refining, distillation, fermentation, esterification, pyrolysis, cracking or hydrogenation, or

Note—

Refining may occur in the processing of crude petroleum or shale oil, fermentation in the production of ethanol and esterification in the production of biodiesel.

(b) another means, other than blending or mixing, involving the chemical transformation of hydrocarbons or the separation, purification or liquefaction of hydrocarbon mixtures.

petroleum products and fuel production (blending or mixing) means the production of petroleum products by blending or mixing.

Note—

Blending may occur in the production of lubricants and fuels.

(2) However, this clause does not apply to—

(a) the activity of blending a fuel with ethanol or biodiesel if the activity is carried on at a petroleum fuel storage terminal and the occupier of the premises is, at the time the activity is carried on, the holder of an environment protection licence authorising the activity of petroleum products storage, or

(b) the activity of blending additives with fuel to produce petroleum products if the activity is—

(i) carried on at a service station and the petroleum products are sold only at the service station, or

(ii) carried on at a petroleum fuel storage terminal and the occupier of the premises is, at the time the activity is carried on, the holder of an environment protection licence authorising the activity of petroleum products storage.

(3) Each activity to which this clause applies is declared to be a scheduled activity if there is capacity to produce more than 100 tonnes of petroleum products per year.

(4) In this clause—

petroleum products include aviation fuel, petrol, kerosene, mineral turpentine, fuel oils, lubricants, wax, bitumen, liquefied gas and the precursors to petrochemicals, for example, acetylene, ethylene, toluene and xylene.

petroleum products storage has the same meaning as in clause 9.

service station means premises that are used primarily for the fuelling of motor vehicles involving the sale by retail of petrol, oil or other petroleum products.