Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984

The Liquid Fuel Emergency Act provides the Commonwealth Energy Minister with powers in a national liquid fuel emergency to issue directions, and the Liquid Fuel Emergency Guidelines 2019 (Guidelines) set out the parameters of these powers and what a decision-maker must do or consider when exercising a power in an emergency situation. The Minister may exercise the contingency planning powers prior to the declaration of a liquid fuel emergency to direct relevant fuel industry corporations to maintain or accumulate specified quantities of reserves of specified kinds of liquid fuels at specified locations to be available at all times after a specified date. The LFE Act provides for restrictions in the supply of liquid fuel to bulk customers (sections 21 and 22 of the LFE Act) and rationing of the supply of liquid fuels to retail customers (sections 23 and 24 of the LFE Act). These powers would generally be used as a last resort in a national liquid fuel emergency. It was last amended in October 2024.

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