New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUBSIDY ACT 1997 - SECT 19

19 Inspection of tanks

(1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether records are being kept in accordance with this Act or the regulations, an authorised officer may require a person who sells petroleum products to permit or assist the authorised officer to estimate, by the use of a dip stick or by some other reasonable method proposed by the authorised officer, the volume of any petroleum products stored in a tank from which those products are sold.

(2) A person who sells petroleum products must not:

(a) fail to comply with a requirement under this section, or

(b) obstruct or hinder an authorised officer in the exercise of the officer’s powers under this section.

Maximum penalty (subsection (2)): 50 penalty units.