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Article 162 Aviation fuel at aerodromesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person who has the management of any aviation fuel installation on an aerodrome in the Territory must not cause or permit any fuel to be delivered to that installation or from it to an aircraft unless—

(a)

when the aviation fuel is delivered into the installation that person is satisfied that—

(i)

the installation is capable of storing and dispensing the fuel so as not to render it unfit for use in aircraft;

(ii)

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

(iii)

in the case of delivery into the installation or part thereof F1..., the fuel has been sampled and is of a grade appropriate to that installation or that part of the installation as the case may be and is fit for use in aircraft; and

(b)

when any aviation fuel is dispensed from the installation that person is satisfied as the result of sampling that the fuel is fit for use in aircraft.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does 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.

(3)

A person to whom paragraph (1) applies must keep a written record for each installation of which that person has the management, which record must include—

(a)

particulars of the grade and quantity of aviation fuel delivered and the date of delivery;

(b)

particulars of all samples taken of the aviation fuel and of the results of tests of those samples; and

(c)

particulars of the maintenance and cleaning of the installation;

and the written record must be preserved for a period of 12 months or such longer period as the Governor may in a particular case direct and must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, be produced to that person.

(4)

A person must not cause or permit any aviation fuel to be dispensed for use in an aircraft if that person knows or has reason to believe that the aviation fuel is not fit for use in aircraft.

F2(4A)

A person must not transfer aviation fuel from one aircraft to another unless that person is satisfied, as a result of sampling or otherwise testing the fuel, that it is not contaminated.

(5)

If it appears to the Governor or an authorised person that any aviation fuel is intended or likely to be delivered in contravention of any provision of this article F3other than paragraph (4A), the Governor or that authorised person may direct the person having the management of the installation not to permit aviation fuel to be dispensed from that installation until the direction has been revoked by the Governor or by an authorised person.

(6)

In this article—

  • “aviation fuel” means fuel intended for use in aircraft; and

  • “aviation fuel installation” means any 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 162(1)(a)(iii) omitted (22.7.2021) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 17(3)(a)

F2

Art. 162(4A) inserted (22.7.2021) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 17(3)(b)

F3

Words in art. 162(5) inserted (22.7.2021) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 17(3)(c)

Commencement

I1

Art. 162 in force at 1.1.2014, see art. 1