Fuel Standard (Diesel) Amendment Determination 2002 (No. 1)
I, DAVID ALISTAIR KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
Dated 15 October 2002
DAVID KEMP
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Diesel) Amendment Determination 2002 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 16 October 2002.
3 Amendment of Fuel Standard (Diesel) Determination 2001
Schedule 1 amends the Fuel Standard (Diesel) Determination 2001.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Section 1
substitute
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001.
[2] After section 2
insert
2A Definition
In this Determination:
diesel means automotive diesel.
[3] After section 4
insert
5 Operability standards for diesel
(1) To allow the more effective operation of engines, diesel of a kind mentioned in an item of the following table must, in relation to the parameter mentioned in that item, comply with the specification for that parameter mentioned in that item.
(2) For subsection (1), a parameter of diesel of a kind mentioned in an item of the table complies with the specification for that item only if that is the result after the diesel has been tested, in relation to that parameter, using the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) or Institute of Petroleum (IP) method of testing mentioned in that item.
Item | Kind of diesel | Parameter | Specification | Referee test method |
1 | All diesel | Carbon residue (10% distillation residue) | 0.2 mass % maximum | ASTM D4530 |
2 | All diesel | Water and sediment | 0.05 vol % maximum | ASTM D2709 |
3 | All diesel held by a terminal or refinery for sale or distribution | Conductivity at ambient temperature | 50 per pS/m minimum at ambient temperature | ASTM D2624
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4 | All diesel | Oxidation stability | 25 mg/l maximum | ASTM D2274 |
5 | All diesel | Colour | 2 maximum | ASTM D1500 |
6 | All diesel | Copper corrosion (3 hours at 50°C) | Class 1 maximum | ASTM D130 |
7 | All diesel | Flash point | 61.5°C minimum | ASTM D93 |
8 | All diesel | Filter blocking tendency | 2.0 maximum | IP 387 |
9 | All diesel containing less than 500 ppm sulfur | Lubricity | 0.460 mm maximum | IP 450 |