{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-consolidation-regulations-2014/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-consolidation-regulations-2014/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1637",
  "legislation_title": "The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-consolidation-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "General prohibitions on dispensing and supply of petrol",
  "text": "(1) No person is to dispense, or allow the dispensing of, petrol from a dispenser on dispensing premises except—\n(a) for use in a motor vehicle or motor boat;\n(b) to fill a suitable portable container or a demountable fuel tank; or\n(c) for the purpose of maintenance or calibration of the dispenser.\n(2) No person under the age of sixteen years is to operate a dispenser on dispensing premises.\n(3) No person is to supply, or allow the supply of, petrol to a person under the age of sixteen years.\n(4) No person is to dispense petrol from a dispenser otherwise than on dispensing premises except to fill a suitable portable container.\n(5) Paragraph (4) does not apply in relation to the re-fuelling of an aircraft by a bowser or vehicle specifically designed for the purpose of re-fuelling aircraft.\n(6) In this regulation “suitable portable container” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 1.10.2014, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1637/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:12.032898+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}