Exemption if state of emergency declared
3B Exemption if state of emergency declared
A fuel supplier or a fuel distributor does not commit an offence under regulation 9(1) if the fuel supplier or fuel distributor supplies or uses petrol that does not conform with the specification in that regulation at a place in the State during a period when an order is in force under the Fuel, Energy and Power Resources Act 1972 section 43 declaring that a state of emergency exists in —
the whole State; or
a part of the State that includes the place at which the petrol is supplied or used.
A fuel supplier does not commit an offence under any of the following (the relevant provision) —
regulation 10(2);
regulation 11(2) or (3),
if the fuel supplier supplies or uses petrol that does not conform with the specification set out in the relevant provision during a period when an order is in force under the Fuel, Energy and Power Resources Act 1972 section 43 declaring that a state of emergency exists in the Perth area, in any part of the Perth area or in the whole State.
[Regulation 3B inserted: Gazette 9 Oct 2012 p. 4750.]
[Part 2 (r. 4‑6) deleted: Gazette 9 Oct 2012 p. 4750.]
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