# The Oil Stocking Order 2012, Article 5: Holding and location requirements


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the requirements referred to in article 3(1)(b) and (2)(a) are that a stock, biofuel or additive must be held—
(a) in a refinery tank;
(b) in a bulk terminal;
(c) in pipeline tankage;
(d) in a barge;
(e) in an intercoastal tanker;
(f) in an oil tanker in port;
(g) in an inland ship bunker;
(h) in a storage tank bottom; or
(i) as working stock.
(2) Where a stock, biofuel or additive would, apart from this paragraph, be held as described in paragraph (1) but it is held—
(a) in a pipeline;
(b) in a rail tank car;
(c) in a seagoing ship's bunker;
(d) in a service station or retail store;
(e) in a tanker at sea;
(f) as military stock; or
(g) as a petroleum product for an international marine bunker,
it is not to be treated as held as described in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2862/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/oil-stocking-order-2012/article-5
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