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Regulation 3 Definition

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For the purposes of section 163(1) of the Act, “oil” means any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil and lubricating oil, but excluding any oil which at the time of shipment, consists of hydrocarbon fractions—

(a)

at least 50% of which, by volume, distil at a temperature of 340°C, and

(b)

at least 95% of which, by volume, distil at a temperature of 370°C,

when tested by the ASTM Method D86/78 published by the American Society for Testing and Materials.