Monitoring the quality of automotive and marine fuel

Trading Standards administers New Zealand's fuel quality monitoring programme, testing samples to ensure fuel retailers and suppliers are complying with the regulations.

Automotive fuel quality

Fuel consumers in New Zealand are protected by legislation, regulation, and the fuel quality monitoring scheme.

How automotive fuel is monitored

Under the national fuel quality monitoring scheme, Trading Standards tests petrol and diesel samples to ensure oil companies are complying with the regulations.

Fuel quality monitoring annual reports

Trading Standards prepares annual fuel quality monitoring reports which give an overview of the results of the previous year's testing programme.

Marine fuel quality

Understand the roles of Maritime New Zealand and Trading Standards, and legislation of importance to fuel suppliers and ship operators.

Register of marine fuel suppliers

Trading Standards maintains a register of local marine fuel suppliers categorised by port and fuel type.

Maritime NZ requirements

Visit the Maritime New Zealand website for ‘ship side' regulatory and operational requirements for complying with Marine Protection rules.