Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00627:section:12a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00627
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 12A
Character Range: 18574–19725

12A  Offence—supplying fuel that does not comply with fuel quality information standards
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person supplies fuel in Australia; and
 (b) the person is a constitutional corporation or a Commonwealth entity or the person supplies the fuel in the course of constitutional trade or commerce; and
 (c) the supply is subject to a fuel quality information standard; and
 (d) the supply does not comply with the fuel quality information standard; and
 (e) either:
 (i) if the person holds an approval that varies the fuel quality information standard in respect of the supply—the supply does not comply with the fuel quality information standard as varied; or
 (ii) if another person holds an approval that varies the fuel quality information standard in respect of the supply by the person—the supply does not comply with the fuel quality information standard as varied; and
 (f) the supply is not in order to comply with a direction or order under an emergency law.
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.