Section 45
Section 45
Where pursuant to subsection (1) of section 16 of the Ordinance application is made for a licence to store two hundred gallons of non-dangerous petroleum or less in or about a house or building the following conditions shall apply to any licence granted –
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Subsidiary Legislation 4 of 16
Petroleum Rules 1960
(a)
the petroleum shall be contained in drums or tins and shall be stored in an iron, brick or stone compartment constructed to the satisfaction of the licensing authority;
(b)
where the use of a tank exceeding ninety gallons in capacity is permitted such tank shall either be buried in the ground or securely bricked in, and so fitted that such petroleum can only be drawn off by means of a pump fitted with a valve;
(c)
no other goods whatsoever shall be stored in any compartment containing such petroleum;
(d)
between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. a quantity not exceeding fifty gallons of such petroleum contained in sealed tins may be exposed for sale or placed outside the storage chamber at one time, but after 7 p.m. no such petroleum shall be kept outside the storage compartment;
(e)
such petroleum shall not be drawn off from any drum or tin between sunset and sunrise except by the light of properly guarded electric light or gastight electric hand-torch;
(f)
adequate precaution shall be taken by the provision of drip trays to prevent spillage of such petroleum while dispensing.
Licences to store fifty gallons of dangerous petroleum or less.