Environmental Protection (Petrol) Regulations 1999

This regulation applies on and after 15 October 2016.

A fuel supplier commits an offence if —

the fuel supplier supplies or uses petrol at a place in the Perth area during summer; and

the Reid Vapour Pressure of the petrol supplied or used is —

for petrol (other than prescribed blended petrol) — more than 64 kPa; or

for prescribed blended petrol — more than 71 kPa.

A fuel supplier commits an offence if —

the fuel supplier supplies or uses petrol (other than prescribed blended petrol) at a place in the Perth area during a month in summer; and

the monthly volumetric average Reid Vapour Pressure of the petrol in the month during which the petrol is supplied or used, calculated under subregulation (4), is more than 62 kPa.

For the purposes of subregulation (3)(b), the monthly volumetric average Reid Vapour Pressure of petrol in a particular month is to be calculated as follows —

a sample is to be taken from each batch of the petrol supplied or used during the month by the fuel supplier;

the Reid Vapour Pressure of each sample taken is to be ascertained using the same standard test method prescribed by regulation 19;

the Reid Vapour Pressure of each sample taken is to be multiplied by a fraction that is equal to the volume of petrol in the batch from which the sample was taken divided by the total volume of petrol supplied or used in the relevant month;

the figures calculated under paragraph (c) for each sample of petrol are to be added together.

For the purposes of subregulations (3) and (4) —

if petrol is supplied or used during the period that begins at the start of 15 October and ends at the end of 31 October in any year — a reference in those subregulations to a month is taken to be a reference to that period; and

if petrol is supplied or used during the period that begins at the start of 1 April and ends at the end of 15 April in any year — a reference in those subregulations to a month is taken to be a reference to that period.