This section provides definitions and technical information to help you determine whether your fuel is eligible for the purposes of claiming a fuel grant under the energy grants credits scheme.
If you are unsure if your fuel is eligible phone 1300 657 162 for advice.
1 Fuels that are NOT off-road diesel fuel are listed in subregulation 9(3) of the Energy Grants Credits Scheme Regulations 2003.
The following kinds of fuel are NOT off-road diesel fuel:
a. gasoline and other petroleum or shale spirit that has a flash point of less than 23° Celsius when tested in an Abel Pensky (closed test) apparatus
b. coal tar and coke oven distillates, and
c. aromatic hydrocarbons and light oils that:
i. consist principally of aromatic hyrdrocarbons (not being petroleum or shale products), and
ii. are suitable for use as gasoline substitutes, and
iii. have a flashpoint of less than 23° Celsius when tested in an Abel Pensky (closed test) apparatus.
2 A heavy fuel oil is defined in subparagraph 9(1)(b) of the Energy Grants Credits Scheme Regulations 2003.
The physical characteristics of heavy fuel oil are:
a. a density equal to or greater than 920.0 kg/cubic metre at 15° Celsius as determined by either ASTM D1298 or ASTM D4052, and
b. a carbon residue, on the whole sample, of at least 2.0 per cent mass as determined by ASTM D189 (Conradson Carbon Residue) or by ASTM D4530 (Carbon Residue-Micro Method), and
c. a minimum kinematic viscosity of 10 centistokes (millimetres squared per second) at 50° Celsius as determined by ASTM D445.
3 Specified diesel is defined in subparagraph 9(1)(c) of the Energy Grants Credits Scheme Regulations 2003.
Specified diesel is a petroleum product that has a density:
a. equal to or exceeding 0.900 at 15° Celsius as determined by ASTM 1298, or
b. less than 0.900 at 15° Celsius as determined by ASTM 1298, and:
i. a maximum cetane index of 35 as determined by ASTM D976, or
ii. in respect of the heaviest 10% of a particular volume of fuel tested, a minimum value of 0.35% mass of carbon residue on 10% distillation residue as determined by ASTM D189 or D524, or
iii. a minimum pour point of 15° Celsius as determined by ASTM D97, or
iv. a minimum sulphur content of 1.5% mass as determined by ASTM D129, or
v. a minimum kinematic viscosity of 10 centistokes (millimetres squared per second) at 40° Celsius as determined by ASTM D445, and,
vi. on which duty has been paid at a rate that is applicable to diesel fuel, and
vii. that is capable of being used as a fuel other wise than in an internal combustion engine.
Last Modified: Friday, 6 March 2009