Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2)

(318 of 2000)

29 November 2000

Made under Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999

1   Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2).

2   Commencement

These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 28 June 2000.

3   Amendment of Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1   Amendments

[1]   Regulation 3, after definition of diesel fuel

insert

emergency vehicle has the meaning given by regulation 3B.

[2]   After regulation 3A

insert

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.

[3]   Paragraph 7 (1) (b)

omit

[4]   After subregulation 7 (1)

insert

(1A) For paragraph 11 (1) (b) of the Act, the amount per cubic metre that is applicable to compressed natural gas is 12.132 cents.

[5]   Subregulation 7 (2)

omit

subregulation (1)

insert

subregulation (1) or (1A)