Monitoring, Compliance and Enforcement Program
The Commonwealth Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (the Act) provides a framework for establishing and enforcing national fuel quality standards.
Fuel suppliers who supply fuel that is the subject of a fuel standard must comply with the Act.
There are offences under the Act if:
- fuel is supplied that does not meet the fuel quality standards.
- The Commonwealth undertakes fuel sampling nationally, at all stages of the fuel supply chain. Breaches of the Act are investigated and suppliers can be prosecuted for supplying fuel that does not comply with the standards.
- a supplier doesn't provide the required documentation with fuel they supply to another person (who is not the end user).