Fuel Standard (Diesel) Determination 2001
I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
Dated 12 August 2001
ROBERT HILL
Fuel Standard (Diesel) Determination 2001
I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
Dated 12 August 2001
ROBERT HILL
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Diesel) Determination 2001.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 January 2002.
3 Fuel standard for diesel
(1) Diesel that contains a substance mentioned in the following table must not contain more than the amount mentioned for the substance from the date mentioned for the substance.
Item | Substance | Amount | Date |
1 | Sulfur | 500 mg/kg | 31 December 2002 |
2 | Sulfur | 50 mg/kg | 1 January 2006 |
3 | Ash and suspended solids | 100 mg/kg | 1 January 2002 |
4 | PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) | 11% mass by mass | 1 January 2006 |
(2) The distillation temperature at which 95% of diesel has evaporated must occur:
(a) from 1 January 2002 — below 371C; and
(b) from 1 January 2006 — below 361C.
(3) The cetane index of diesel must be at least 46.
(4) The density of diesel must be at least 820 kg/m3 and not more than:
(a) from 1 January 2002 — 860 kg/m3; and
(b) from 1 January 2006 — 850 kg/m3.
(5) The viscosity of diesel must be at least 2.0 cSt, and not more than 4.5 cSt, at 40C.