Business Franchise (Petroleum Products) Regulations 1991 (SA)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

BUSINESS FRANCHISE (PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS 1991

REGULATIONS UNDER THE BUSINESS FRANCHISE (PETROLEUM

PRODUCTS) ACT 1979

Business Franchise (Petroleum Products) Regulations 1991

being

No. 185 of 1991: Gaz: 29 August 1991, p. 7031

1 Came into operation 1 September 1991: reg. 2.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Business Franchise (Petroleum Products)

Regulations 1991.

Commencement

2. These regulations will come into operation on 1 September 1991.

Revocation

3. All regulations previously made under the Business Franchise (Petroleum Products) Act

1979 are revoked.

Interpretation

4. In these regulations—

"the Act" means the Business Franchise (Petroleum Products) Act 1979.

Address in South Australia to be provided

5. A person who makes application for a licence under the Act must—

(a)	state his or her trading name (if any);
and
(b)	provide an address for service in the State of South Australia,

in the application.

Notification of change of name or address

6. Where a person who has stated a trading name or provided an address for service under regulation 5 subsequently changes that trading name or address for service, that person must, within one month of the change, give notice in writing to the Commissioner of the new trading name or address for service.

Form of payment of licence fees

7. A licence fee may be paid—

(a)	by cash, bank notes or cheque delivered to the office of the Commissioner;
(b)	by bankdraft, cheque, postal order or postal note posted to the office of the Commissioner;
or
(c)	by electronic transfer of funds into a bank account maintained by the Commissioner.

Offences

8. A person who fails to comply with a duty imposed on him or her by these regulations is

guilty of an offence.

Penalty: $200.

Licence-holders to keep records

9. (1) For the purposes of section 26 of the Act, the accounts, records and books kept by the

holder of a Class A licence must include such details as are necessary to determine—

(a)	the quantities of all petroleum products sold under that licence;
(b)	the names and addresses of the persons to whom those petroleum products were sold;
and
(c)	the dates of the transactions.

(2) For the purposes of section 26 of the Act, the accounts, records and books kept by the

holder of a Class B licence must include such details as are necessary to determine—

(a)	the quantities of all petroleum products purchased under that licence;
(b)	the names and addresses of the persons from whom those petroleum products were purchased;
and
(c)	the dates of the transactions.

Value of petroleum products

10. Pursuant to section 18(5) of the Act, the value per litre for motor spirit and diesel fuel is

fixed at 55 cents.