Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Unloading of petrol at petroleum filling stations and certain other premises licensed for the keeping of petrol

20.—(1) The provisions of Schedule 12 shall have effect for regulating the unloading of petrol from the tank of a road tanker at—

(a) any petroleum filling station; and

(b) any other premises for which a petroleum-spirit licence authorising the keeping of petrol is in force, except where those premises are licensed for keeping more than 100,000 litres of such petrol in storage tanks,

and the enforcing authority for these Regulations and for Articles 4 to 6 and Articles 8 and 9 of the 1978 Order in respect of such unloading as is specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be the petroleum licensing authority, even if the relevant tanker is on a road at the time of unloading.

(2) In this regulation and Schedule 12—

(a) “petrol” means petroleum-spirit (within the meaning given to that phrase by section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929(1)) intended for use as fuel for motor vehicles, motor vessels or aircraft;

(b) “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 or place;

(c) “the petroleum licensing authority” means the authority empowered to grant petroleum-spirit licences under section 2 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 for the petroleum filling station or other premises concerned; and

(d) “petroleum-spirit licence” has the same meaning as in section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929.

(1)

1929 c. 13 (N.I.); section 23(1) was amended by S.R. 1992 No. 413, regulation 3 and Schedule 2 and S.R. 1995 No. 60, regulation 18(9) and Schedule 8