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These regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations 2000.
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Bill homepageThese regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations 2000.
These regulations come into operation on 1 January 2001 unless they are published in the Gazette after that day, in which case they come into operation on the day on which they are published in the Gazette.
In these regulations —
Perth metropolitan region means the metropolitan region as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1);
townsite means an area that, under the Land Administration Act 1997, has been or is to be treated as having been constituted a townsite.
[Regulation 2AA inserted: Gazette 17 Oct 2017 p. 5335.]
In this Division —
day means a period of 24 hours beginning immediately after 6.00 a.m.;
retail sale does not include an exempt sale.
[Regulation 2A inserted: Gazette 23 Aug 2001 p. 4379; amended: SL 2020/34 r. 4.]
Subject to subregulation (3), a person who offers a particular kind of motor fuel for retail sale on a particular day at a particular place commits an offence unless —
under subregulation (2), the person has established the permitted standard retail price for that sale; and
the standard retail price at which that kind of motor fuel is offered is that day’s permitted standard retail price.
Penalty: in the case of an individual, $20 000 and, in the case of a body corporate, $100 000.
A person establishes the permitted standard retail price for the retail sale by that person of a particular kind of motor fuel on a particular day at a particular place by notifying the Commissioner, in accordance with regulation 3A, of the standard retail price at which the motor fuel is to be offered for sale on that day.
Subregulation (1) does not apply to a place in the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 23 Aug 2001 p. 4379; amended: Gazette 31 Dec 2001 p. 6764; SL 2026/41 r. 4.]
Notification under regulation 3(2) has to be given to the Commissioner —
during a period fixed under subregulation (3) or, if no period is so fixed, during the period beginning at 8.30 a.m. and ending at 2.00 p.m. on the day before the day for which the price is notified; and
in a manner and form fixed under subregulation (3) or, if no manner and form is so fixed —
by a message given by a telephone call made to telephone number 1800 445 757; or
by using the FuelWatch website at <www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au>.
The notification under regulation 3(2) of a price for a particular day has effect as notification of the same price for each subsequent day until the beginning of a day for which the Commissioner has been notified under regulation 3(2) of a different price.
The Commissioner may by order published in the Gazette fix the period during which, and the manner and form in which, notification under regulation 3(2) can be given.
A period fixed under subregulation (3) has to end before the beginning of the day for which the price is notified.
The Commissioner may revoke an order under subregulation (3) by a subsequent order published in the Gazette.
[Regulation 3A inserted: Gazette 23 Aug 2001 p. 4380; amended: Gazette 12 Aug 2008 p. 3535; SL 2020/34 r. 5.]
[4. Deleted: SL 2026/41 r. 5.]
Regulation 6 applies to a place that is in a local government district, locality or townsite listed in Schedule 1.
[Regulation 5 inserted: Gazette 16 Nov 2001 p. 5981; amended: Gazette 17 Oct 2017 p. 5336.]
A person who offers motor fuel for retail sale at a place where this regulation applies is required to have, at the place of sale, a price display as described in this regulation.
Penalty: in the case of an individual, $20 000 and, in the case of a body corporate, $100 000.
The price display has at least to show —
whenever not more than 3 kinds of motor fuel are currently offered for retail sale at the place, the standard retail price for each of those kinds of motor fuel;
whenever more than 3 kinds of motor fuel (the kinds offered) are currently offered for retail sale at the place, the standard retail prices for 3 of the kinds offered including —
if one of them is LPG, the standard retail price for LPG;
if only one of them is regular unleaded petrol, the standard retail price for that kind of motor fuel; and
if 2 or more of them are regular unleaded petrol, the standard retail price for each of 2 of those kinds of motor fuel and for one of the other kinds offered that is not regular unleaded petrol.
The price display has to be in a suitable position, and if necessary sufficiently illuminated, to enable each price shown and the description of the kind of motor fuel to which the price applies to be clearly legible to passing motorists whenever the motor fuel is offered for retail sale.
The price display may consist of more than one sign or other thing.
Subregulation (1) does not apply to a place of sale while it is exempt under subregulation (6) from the requirements of this regulation.
The Commissioner may, by order published in the Gazette —
if satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances because of which the requirements of this regulation should not apply, exempt a particular place of sale from the requirements of this regulation for a specified period or until the exemption is revoked;
revoke an exemption under paragraph (a), whether it was given for a specified period or not.
In this regulation —
regular unleaded petrol means petrol sold as regular unleaded petrol (91 to 93 RON), however described.
[Regulation 6 inserted: Gazette 11 Jul 2001 p. 3460‑1; amended: Gazette 16 Nov 2001 p. 5981; 31 Dec 2001 p. 6764‑5; 9 Dec 2005 p. 5875‑6; SL 2020/34 r. 6.]
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