Environment Protection (Prohibited Fuels) Amendment Regulations 1999
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 .
22 March 1999G. S. M. GREEN
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment
These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Prohibited Fuels) Amendment Regulations 1999 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Environment Protection (Prohibited Fuels) Regulations 1991 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 2 amended (Prohibition on sale of petrol with specified lead content)
Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulation (3) and substituting the following subregulation:(3) Notwithstanding subregulation (2)(a), a person may sell petrol containing lead not exceeding 0.90 grams by weight per litre if that petrol is sold only as fuel for use –(a) in aircraft; or(b) in a race at a regatta, motor racing venue or any other location approved in writing by the Director of Environmental Management.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 31 March 1999
These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Environment Protection (Prohibited Fuels) Regulations 1991 by allowing the sale of petrol with a lead content of up to 0.90 grams per litre by weight if the petrol is used in aircraft or for races at certain locations.