Paragraph 7

After paragraph (4) of regulation 16 there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(5)

In any proceedings for an offence under regulation 9 or 10 arising out of the supply of liquefied petroleum gas, butane or propane it shall be a defence for the supplier to prove that the gas in question—

(a)

was not supplied with a view to the person to whom the gas was supplied using it; and

(b)

was supplied with a view to—

(i)

the gas being destroyed;

(ii)

the receptacle in which the gas was supplied being refilled; or

(iii)

the receptacle and where appropriate any packaging being labelled in accordance with these Regulations,

whether or not the destruction, refilling or labelling, as the case may be, is to be carried out by the person to whom the gas was supplied.”.