This instrument is the Fuel Quality Standards (Biodiesel) Determination 2025.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000, including fuel.

In this instrument:

ASTM followed by an alphanumeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the standards development organisation called ASTM International.

biodiesel means a diesel fuel obtained by esterification of oil derived from plants or animals.

EN followed by a numeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the European Committee for Standardization.

mg/kg means milligrams per kilogram, and is equivalent to ‘parts per million’ or ‘ppm’ by mass.

% m/m means per cent mass by mass, and is equivalent to ‘mass %’, ‘% mass’ and ‘weight %’.

% v/v means per cent volume by volume, and is equivalent to ‘volume %’, ‘vol %’ and ‘% vol’.

5 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6 Fuel standard for biodiesel

(1) In relation to a parameter mentioned in an item of the following table, biodiesel must comply with the specification for that parameter mentioned in that item.

(2) For subsection (1), compliance with the specification for a parameter is determined by using the testing method for that parameter mentioned in that item of the table.

Fuel standard for biodiesel
Item	Parameter	Specification	Testing Method
1	Acid value	0.50 mg KOH/g maximum	ASTM D664
2	Carbon residue—10% distillation residue	0.30% m/m maximum	ASTM D4530
3	Cold soak filterability	360 seconds maximum	ASTM D7501
4	Copper corrosion—3 h at 50°C	Class 1 maximum	ASTM D130
5	Density at 15°C	860–900 kg/m3	ASTM D1298
6	Derived cetane number	51.0 minimum	ASTM D6890
7	Distillation—T90	360°C maximum	ASTM D1160
8	Ester content	96.5% m/m minimum	EN 14103
9	Flash point	120.0°C minimum	ASTM D93
10	Glycerides—monoglycerides	0.7% m/m maximum	ASTM D6584
11	Glycerides—diglycerides	0.2% m/m maximum	ASTM D6584
12	Glycerides—triglycerides	0.2% m/m maximum	ASTM D6584
13	Glycerol—free	0.020% m/m maximum	ASTM D6584
14	Glycerol—total	0.250% m/m maximum	ASTM D6584
15	Kinematic viscosity at 40°C	3.5–5.0 mm2/s	ASTM D445
16	Metals—Group I—Na, K	5 mg/kg maximum	EN 14538
17	Metals—Group II—Ca, Mg	5 mg/kg maximum	EN 14538
18	Methanol	0.20% m/m maximum	EN 14110
19	Oxidation stability at 110°C	8.0 hours minimum	EN 14112
20	Phosphorus	4.0 mg/kg maximum	EN 14107
21	Sulfated ash	0.020% m/m maximum	ASTM D874
22	Sulfur	10 mg/kg maximum	ASTM D5453
23	Total contamination	24 mg/kg maximum	EN 12662
24	Water	500 mg/kg maximum	ASTM D6304

Schedule 1—Repeals

Fuel Quality Standards (Biodiesel) Determination 2019

1 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.