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Fuel suppliers have a huge part to play in ensuring that fuel supplied in Australia meets the fuel quality standards and the expectations of Australian fuel consumers. For this reason, fuel suppliers have a number of important responsibilities and obligations under the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (the Act).
If you supply fuel to another person you must ensure that the fuel you supply meets any fuel quality standard that applies to it. For more information see the fuel quality standards for:
If you supply fuel to another person and that person is not the end user of the fuel you need to provide a statement as to whether or not the fuel complies with the standard. (see Section 19 of the Act). More about the fuel compliance statement for fuel sellers
If you sell fuel to consumers and that fuel contains ethanol, you must label the fuel pump with information on the ethanol content. More about the Ethanol labelling standard.
If you produce and supply fuel or import and supply fuel in a calendar year, and that fuel is subject to a fuel standard, you are obliged to provide an annual statement to the Australian Government containing information on the supply and quality of the fuel. (see Section 67 of the Act).
The Australian Government runs a fuel sampling program to monitor the quality of fuels sold in Australia and ensure compliance with the Act. This program samples fuel throughout the fuel supply chain, including at service station forecourts.
There are a number of offences if fuel suppliers don't meet their obligations.
You can get the latest news on the fuel quality standards and the fuel sampling program by reading the Clean fuels bulletin which comes out every three months.