This instrument is the Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Information Standard 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 22A 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 the following:

fuel;

(b) supply.

In this instrument:

conventional diesel has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Conventional Diesel) Determination 2025.

conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blend has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Conventional Diesel) Determination 2025.

paraffinic diesel has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025.

service station means premises at which paraffinic diesel or conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blends are sold by retail from a fuel pump.

5 Supply of paraffinic diesel and conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blends from service stations

(1) This section specifies:

(a) the information about paraffinic diesel and conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blends that should be provided with the supply of paraffinic diesel and conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blends from a service station; and

(b) the way in which that information is to be provided.

(2) Any fuel pump dispensing paraffinic diesel must clearly display the words “Paraffinic diesel. To ensure compatibility with your engine, consult your engine manufacturer.”

(3) Any fuel pump dispensing a conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blend must clearly display the words:

(a) “Contains up to x% paraffinic diesel. To ensure compatibility with your engine, consult your engine manufacturer.”; or

(b) “Contains y% paraffinic diesel. To ensure compatibility with your engine, consult your engine manufacturer.”

Where:

x is no less than the percentage of paraffinic diesel in the conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blend; and

y is the percentage of paraffinic diesel in the conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blend.

6 Other supplies of paraffinic diesel and conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blends

(1) This section specifies:

(b) the way in which that information should be provided.

(2) At the time of the supply, the recipient of the paraffinic diesel or conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blend must be given a document that prominently displays:

(a) a statement that the paraffinic diesel or conventional diesel/paraffinic diesel blend has a density lower than conventional diesel; and

(b) a statement that the fuel is the subject of this instrument.