Second Reading Speeches

Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Bill 2009

Type
Government
Portfolio
Environment, Heritage and the Arts
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
to: provide the minister with a wider range of conditions that can apply to approvals to vary fuel standards; simplify procedures when an urgent approval is required to avoid a fuel supply shortfall; provide for civil penalties, infringement notices and enforceable undertakings; enable the minister to consider how fuel is to be supplied when determining a standard; extend information sharing powers; and extend the types of courts that have jurisdiction for various matters.

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