# Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 2

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (7).
(2) In section 2 (provisions as to licences), the words from “Provided that” (special provision for harbours) to the end shall be omitted.
(3) Section 9 (byelaws as to loading, conveyance and landing of petroleum-spirit in and upon canals) and section 17 (powers of officers of local authorities as to testing petroleum-spirit) shall be omitted.
(4) In section 18 (warrants to search for and seize petroleum-spirit), for subsection (4) there shall be substituted –
“(4) This section does not apply to –
(a) a workplace within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 used, or intended for use, for the dispensing of petroleum-spirit, or
(b) a carriage to which the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 apply.”.
(5) In section 23 (interpretation) –
(a) after the definition of “Contravention” there shall be added the following definitions –
““the Directive” means Commission Directive 92/69 EEC adapting to technical progress for the seventeenth time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances;”
““Dispensing” means manual or electrical pumping of petroleum-spirit from a storage tank into the fuel tank for an internal combustion engine, whether for the purposes of sale or not:”; and
(b) for the definition of “Petroleum-spirit” there shall be substituted the following definition –
““Petroleum-spirit” means petroleum which, when tested in accordance with Part A.9. of the Annex to the Directive, has a flash point (as defined in that Part) of less than 21°C:”.
(6) The provisions of section 24A (places to which Act does not apply) shall be re-numbered section 24A(1) and at the end of that subsection as so re-numbered there shall be inserted –
“or
(c) any workplace within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, apart from a workplace used, or intended for use, for dispensing petroleum-spirit.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), any part of a workplace where petroleum-spirit is kept other than for dispensing is not to be regarded as used, or intended for use, for dispensing petroleum-spirit.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/152/schedule/7/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-and-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-7/paragraph-2
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