Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations 2000

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.

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 —