Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025 (Cth)

Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025

I, Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, make the following determination.

Dated 16/02/2025

Chris Bowen Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Fuel standard for paraffinic diesel

1 Name This instrument is the Fuel Quality Standards (Paraffinic Diesel) Determination 2025.

2 Commencement (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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Biodiesel) Determination 2025. conventional diesel has the same meaning as in the Fuel Quality Standards (Conventional Diesel) Determination 2025. EN followed by a numeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the European Committee for Standardization. IP followed by a numeric code means the testing method developed under that code by the chartered professional body called the Energy Institute. 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 %'. paraffinic diesel means a fuel that: (a) consists of a minimum of 95% paraffinic (alkane) hydrocarbons before any blending with biodiesel; and (b) is suitable for use as a substitute for conventional diesel. % v/v means per cent volume by volume, and is equivalent to 'volume %', 'vol %' and '% vol'.