Fines for Fuel Retailers Who Fail to Register for MyFuel NT or Break Price Board Rules
Consumer Affairs and Essential Goods and Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
Introduced by: Robyn Cahill (CLP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Fuel retailers commit an offence if they fail to register for MyFuel NT.
Fuel retailers face penalties for failing to follow price board requirements.
Fuel retailers must report any reductions to the proposed normal fuel price to the Commissioner.
The Commissioner can publish reported fuel price information.
Authorised officers cannot enter residential premises without the occupier's consent.
People commit an offence if they ignore a requirement given by an authorised officer.
Authorised officers must give a receipt for seized items within 5 business days.
Service station fuel retailers can be fined if they fail to register for MyFuel NT.
Service station fuel retailers can be fined for breaking rules about their price boards.
Fuel retailers must tell the Commissioner if they want to lower the normal price of a prescribed fuel after they have already reported it.
Authorised officers cannot enter residential homes unless the person living there agrees.
People can be fined if they fail to do something an authorised officer has required them to do.
Authorised officers must give a receipt within 5 business days to anyone whose items they seize.