Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) (Code of Practice for Fuel Price Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2026
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 Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) Act 2010 .
26 October 2026CAROLINE WELLS
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
GUY BARNETT
Minister for Small Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
These regulations may be cited as the Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) (Code of Practice for Fuel Price Reporting) Amendment Regulations 2026 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) (Code of Practice for Fuel Price Reporting) Regulations 2020 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 4 amended (Additional reporting requirements)
Regulation 4(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:(a) must be made –(i) if no staff are present at the relevant retail premises of the fuel retailer at the time the fuel retailer runs out of the relevant fuel – as soon as practicable after the fuel retailer runs out of the relevant fuel; or(ii) otherwise – within 30 minutes after the fuel retailer runs out of the relevant fuel; and
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 4 November 2026
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) (Code of Practice for Fuel Price Reporting) Regulations 2020 in relation to the timing of a report that an unstaffed fuel retailer has run out of a certain type of fuel.