Section 28
of Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984
Section 28
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, but subject to section 32, the Minister may by publication in the Gazette declare that any equipment, gadgets, materials, plants, appliances, buildings, structures and installations or any part thereof used or intended to be used in connection with the storage, handling, transportation and utilization of petroleum shall not be used or sold or offered for sale unless such equipment, gadgets, materials, plants, appliances, buildings, structures and installations or any part thereof is of an approved type.
(b)
“Approved type” means any equipment, gadgets, materials, plants, appliances, buildings, structures and installations or any part thereof of similar design and specifications as those specified in the list of equipment, gadgets, materials, plants, appliances, buildings, structures and installations declared by the Minister as equipment tested and found safe and suitable for such use and as modified, varied or altered from time to time under section 29.
(2)
For the purpose of ensuring due compliance with this section, such person or authority specified in the order may conduct such tests or such methods of verification as it deems necessary on any equipment, gadgets, materials, plants, appliances, buildings, structures and installations or any part thereof in any premises.
(3)
After such tests or verification have been conducted under subsection (2), a certificate in respect of such equipment, gadgets, materials, plants, appliances, buildings, structures and installations or
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any part thereof including their design and specifications shall be issued.
(b)
A certificate referred to under paragraph (a) shall state details of the test or verification conducted and shall include the results thereof.