Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1) (160 of 2000)

Schedule 1   Amendments

[2]   After regulation 3

insert

3A Meaning of diesel fuel (Act s 5)

(1) Diesel fuel is a substance principally consisting of products derived from petroleum or shale that has been purchased for use as fuel for road vehicles powered by diesel engines.

(2) To avoid doubt, diesel fuel includes the following substances:

(a) stabilised crude oil, topped crude oil, or condensate, that has been purchased for use as fuel for road vehicles powered by diesel engines;

(b) a recycled substance that has been:

(i) produced by a process of refining or recovered by another process; and

(ii) purchased for use as fuel for road vehicles powered by diesel engines;

(c) recycled waste oil that has been:

(i) blended with diesel; and

(ii) purchased for use as fuel for road vehicles powered by diesel engines.

3B Meaning of emergency vehicle (Act s 5)

An emergency vehicle is a vehicle that is:

(a) operated by an ambulance service, being a vehicle that is fitted with a siren and flashing warning lights; or

(b) operated by a firefighting service, being a vehicle that:

(i) is designed, permanently fitted out and equipped for the purposes of preventing and fighting fires; and

(ii) has external markings that identify the vehicle as a firefighting vehicle; or

(c) operated by a police force or service, being a vehicle that is fitted with a siren and flashing warning light; or

(d) an emergency response, or search and rescue, vehicle that:

(i) is designed and permanently fitted out for the purposes of emergency response or search and rescue operations; and

(ii) has external markings that identify the vehicle as an emergency response, or search and rescue, vehicle; or

(e) a vehicle (that is not mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d)) operated by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, or a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority, as an emergency vehicle.