Offence—supplying fuel without documentation
19 Offence—supplying fuel without documentation
If:
a person (the supplier) supplies fuel in Australia to another person and the fuel is the subject of a fuel standard; and
in the case where the fuel standard specifies the circumstances in which the standard applies—the supplier supplies the fuel in Australia in those circumstances; and
the supplier is a constitutional corporation or a Commonwealth entity or the supplier supplies the fuel in the course of constitutional trade or commerce; and
the other person is not the end‑user of the fuel;
the supplier must, within the period prescribed by the regulations, provide the other person with a document or documents containing:
a statement as to whether or not the fuel complies with the standard; and
any other information relating to the fuel that is prescribed by the regulations.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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