134.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an aviation fuel installation manager must not cause or permit fuel to be delivered to the installation unless satisfied that—
(a)the installation is capable of storing and dispensing the fuel so as not to render it unfit for use in aircraft;
(b)the installation is marked in a manner appropriate to the grade of fuel stored or if different grades are stored in different parts each part is so marked; and
(c)in the case of delivery from a vehicle or vessel, the fuel has been sampled and is of a grade appropriate to that installation and is fit for use in aircraft.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an aviation fuel installation manager must not cause or permit fuel to be dispensed from the installation to an aircraft unless satisfied as the result of sampling that the fuel is fit for use in aircraft.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to fuel that has been removed from an aircraft and is intended for use in another aircraft operated by the same operator as the aircraft from which it has been removed.
(4) An aviation fuel installation manager must keep a written record for each installation of which the manager has the management, which record must include detailed information about—
(a)the grade and quantity of aviation fuel delivered and the date of delivery;
(b)all samples taken of the aviation fuel and of the results of tests of those samples; and
(c)the maintenance and cleaning of the installation.
(5) An aviation fuel installation manager must—
(a)preserve the written record required under paragraph (4) for 12 months or such longer period as the Department may in a particular case direct; and
(b)within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, produce such record to the person.
(6) A person must not cause or permit aviation fuel to be dispensed for use in an aircraft if the person knows or has reason to believe that the aviation fuel is not fit for use in aircraft.
(7) If it appears to the Department or an authorised person that aviation fuel is intended or likely to be delivered in contravention of a provision of this article, the Department or the authorised person may direct the aviation fuel installation manager not to permit aviation fuel to be dispensed from the installation until the direction has been revoked by the Department or by an authorised person.
(8) In this article—
“an aviation fuel installation manager” means a person who has the management of an aviation fuel installation on an aerodrome in the Isle of Man;
“aviation fuel” means fuel intended for use in aircraft;
“aviation fuel installation” means apparatus or container, including a vehicle, designed, manufactured or adapted for the storage of aviation fuel or for the delivery of such fuel to an aircraft.