Fair Trading (Fuel Prices) Act 1993

This section applies to a person (the supplier) who authorises the delivery of a regulated transfer of a fuel to another person (the recipient).

The supplier must ensure that at the time of the delivery, or as soon as practicable after the delivery, the recipient is given a statement that includes the following information:

the kind of the fuel;

the volume of the fuel loaded into a container (including, for example, a petrol tanker) for consignment to the recipient;

the temperature of the fuel at the time it is loaded for consignment;

the volume of the fuel loaded for consignment measured or calculated as if the fuel were at the temperature of 15^oC;

whether, after the fuel has been loaded for consignment, a quantity of fuel has been added to or removed from the consignment;

any other information prescribed under the regulations for this paragraph.

A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene subsection (2).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

This section does not prevent the volume of the fuel being measured or calculated as if the fuel were at the temperature of 15^oC at the time of its delivery to the recipient.

Example

If only part of a single consignment of a fuel is delivered to the recipient, the volume supplied may be measured through or by a device that measures or calculates the volume of fuel delivered as if it were at the temperature of 15^oC.