Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929

23 Interpretation. N.I.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them (that is to say):—

“Amenities” in relation to any place, includes any view of or from that place:

“Canal” and “canal company” have respectively the same meanings as in the Regulation of Railways Act, 1873: [1873 c.48]

“Clerk” includes secretary:

“Contravention” includes, in relation to any provision, a failure to comply with that provision, and the expression “contravene” shall be construed accordingly:

F1 ...

[F2 “Dispensing” means manual or electrical pumping of petroleum-spirit from a storage tank into the fuel tank for an internal combustion engine, whether for the purposes of sale or not:]

“Dock” includes any pier, jetty or other place, in or at which ships can ship or unship goods or passengers:

F3 ...

“Government inspector” means a government inspector under the [F4 Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978]:

“Harbour” means any harbour, whether natural or artificial, and any port, haven, estuary, tidal or other river, canal or inland navigation navigated by sea-going ships and, subject to the provisions of this Act, any dock:

“Harbour authority” means any person or body of persons in whom are vested by or under any Act of Parliament powers and duties of improving, maintaining or managing a harbour, so, however, that where, as respects any dock within a harbour, such powers and duties are separately vested by or under any Act of Parliament in any person or body of persons, that person or body shall, as respects that dock, be the harbour authority, and the dock shall be deemed to be a separate harbour:

Definition rep. by SR 1992/413

“Licensed premises” means any premises in respect of which a petroleum-spirit licence is in force under this Act:

“Minister of Home Affairs” means the Minister of Home Affairs for Northern IrelandF5 :

“Motor vehicles” includes all mechanically-propelled vehicles intended or adapted for use on roads:

“Petroleum” includes crude petroleum, oil made from petroleum, or from coal, shale, peat or other bituminous substances, and other products of petroleum:

“Petroleum filling station” means any premises or place used or intended to be used by way of trade or for purposes of gain for fuelling motor vehicles with petroleum, and includes any building, advertisement, pump or other apparatus in, or used in connection with, any such premises:

[F6 “petroleum-spirit” means petrol, petroleum or a mixture of petroleum with one or more substances which—

(a) is liquid at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1013.25 mb); and

(b) when tested in accordance with Part A.9 of the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 (laying down the test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals REACH), has a flash point (as defined in that Part) of less than 21°C;]

“Petroleum-spirit licence” means a licence authorising the keeping of petroleum-spirit granted by a local authority empowered under this Act to grant such a licence F7 ...:

“Ship”F8 includes every description of vessel used in navigation, whether propelled by oars or otherwise:

“Statutory period” means …

definition in 1954 c.33 (NI) s.41(2) substituted by 1979 NI 12 art.10

Subs.(2) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI)

F1 Words in s. 23(1) omitted (1.7.2015) by virtue of The Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/265), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

F2 SR 2003/152

F3 Words in s. 23 repealed (19.3.2012) by The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Amendment of Licensing Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/11), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)

F4 Words in s. 23 substituted (1.12.2006) by Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/425), reg. 27(1), Sch. 6 para. 5 (with reg. 26)

F5 SRO (NI) 1973/504

F6 Words in s. 23(1) substituted (1.7.2015) by The Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/265), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

F7 Words in s. 23 repealed (19.3.2012) by The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Amendment of Licensing Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/11), regs. 1, 2(5)(b)

F8 1968 c.59