Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2) (Cth)

Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2002

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999.

Dated 26 July 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

C. R. KEMP

Assistant Treasurer

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

Do not delete:Schedule Part Placeholder

[1]Regulations 3 to 4

substitute

3Definitions

 In these Regulations:

Act means the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999.

AMG means the Australian Map Grid.

BSD means an area described in that way in the edition of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification that was:

• (a)

  published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and

• (b)

  current on 12 April 2000.

statistical local area means an area described in that way, and by reference to a unique name and number, in the edition of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification that was:

• (a)

  published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and

• (b)

  current on 12 April 2000.

3AMeaning of diesel fuel (Act s 5)

 For the definition of diesel fuel in section 5 of the Act, diesel fuel is a substance that:

• (a)

  has been purchased for use as fuel for road vehicles powered by diesel engines; and

• (b)

  consists principally of products derived from petroleum or shale, including the following:

  • (i)

    stabilised crude oil, topped crude oil, or condensate;

  • (ii)

    a recycled substance that has been produced by a process of refining or recovered by another process;

  • (iii)

    recycled waste oil that has been blended with diesel.

3BMeaning of emergency vehicle (Act s 5)

 For the definition of emergency vehicle in section 5 of the Act, the following are emergency vehicles:

• (a)

  a vehicle operated by an ambulance service that is fitted with a siren and flashing warning lights;

• (b)

  a vehicle operated by a firefighting service that:

  • (i)

    is designed, permanently fitted out and equipped for the purposes of preventing and fighting fires; and

  • (ii)

    has external markings that identify the vehicle as a firefighting vehicle;

• (c)

  a vehicle operated by a police force or service that is fitted with a siren and flashing warning light;

• (d)

  a vehicle that:

  • (i)

    is designed and permanently fitted out for the purposes of emergency response or search and rescue operations; and

  • (ii)

    has external markings that identify it as such a vehicle;

• (e)

  a vehicle, other than a vehicle mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), operated by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, or a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority:

  • (i)

    for a purpose similar to the purposes indicated in those paragraphs; and

  • (ii)

    identified as such a vehicle by a siren, flashing warning light, appropriate markings, or similar means.

4Metropolitan areas (Act s 6)

 For subsection 6 (1) of the Act:

• (a)

  the Newcastle–Sydney–Wollongong metropolitan area is the area described in Schedule 1; and

• (b)

  the Melbourne–Geelong metropolitan area is the area described in Schedule 2; and

• (c)

  the Sunshine Coast–Brisbane–Gold Coast metropolitan area is the area described in Schedule 3; and

• (d)

  the Perth metropolitan area is the area described in Schedule 4; and

• (e)

  the Adelaide metropolitan area is the area described in Schedule 5; and

• (f)

  the Canberra metropolitan area is the area described in Schedule 6.

[2]Subregulation 7 (1)

substitute

• (1)

  For paragraph 11 (1) (b) of the Act, the amount per litre (or per cubic metre) that is applicable to a type of fuel is:

  • (a)

    for diesel — 18.510 cents per litre;

  • (b)

    for liquefied petroleum gas — 11.925 cents per litre;

  • (c)

    for ethanol — 20.809 cents per litre;

  • (d)

    for compressed natural gas — 12.617 cents per cubic metre.

[3]Regulation 7A

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Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 44, as amended by 2000 Nos. 160 and 318; 2001 No. 17.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette