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Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928
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13Notice to be given of accidents connected with petroleum-spirit
(1)Whenever any accident which occasions loss of life or personal injury occurs by explosion or by fire in or about or in connection with any licensed premises, the occupier of the premises shall, if the explosion or fire involved petroleum-spirit, forthwith send or cause to be sent to the Secretary of State notice of the accident and of the loss of life or personal injury. A notice of any accident of which notice is sent in pursuance of this section need not be sent to any inspector of factories.
(2)Where, in, about, or in connection with any ship or vehicle on which petroleum-spirit is being conveyed or loaded or from which petroleum-spirit is being unloaded, any accident which occasions loss of life or personal injury occurs by explosion or by fire, the owner or master of the ship or vehicle shall, if the explosion or fire involved petroleum-spirit, forthwith send or cause to be sent to the Secretary of State notice of the accident and of the loss of life or personal injury, but this provision shall not apply where the petroleum-spirit carried or loaded on, or unloaded from, the ship or vehicle is or was for use only on that ship or vehicle or in any case in which such notice as aforesaid is otherwise by law required to be sent to some government department.
(3)Every such occupier, owner, or master as aforesaid who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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