# The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

In these Regulations—
“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
“dispenser” means a mechanical or electrical device for the dispensing of petrol;
“dispensing of petrol” means the manual or electrical pumping of petrol from a storage tank into—
(a) the fuel tank for an internal combustion engine; or
(b) any container, including a demountable fuel tank;
“dispensing premises” means a workplace for the dispensing of petrol that is not within the curtilage of a domestic premises and does not include a road tanker or similar vehicle;
“demountable fuel tank” means the fuel tank for the internal combustion engine of a motor boat or similar vessel, motor vehicle, hovercraft or aircraft that has been designed so that it can be safely removed and re-affixed to the engine without leaking fuel;
“dock” includes any pier, jetty or other place, in or at which ships can ship or unship goods or passengers;
“domestic or other relevant premises” means—
(a) domestic premises; or
(b) non-domestic premises that are not a workplace;
“domestic or other relevant user” means a person who stores petrol in domestic or other relevant premises;
“harbour” means any harbour, whether natural or artificial, and any port, haven, estuary, tidal or other river, canal or inland navigation navigated by sea-going ships and any dock;
“motor vehicle” means all mechanically propelled vehicles intended or adapted for use on land;
“petroleum enforcement authority” means—
(a) in England—
(i) in Greater London or a metropolitan county, the fire and rescue authority;
(ii) in a non-metropolitan county, the county council, and may include district borough, city or unitary councils;
(iii) in the Isles of Scilly, the Council for the Isles of Scilly;
(b) in Wales, the county council or county borough council;
(c) in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“petrol” means petroleum or a mixture of petroleum with one or more substances which—
(a) is liquid or viscous at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa (1013.25 mb); and
(b) when tested in accordance with Part A.9 of the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 (laying down the test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals REACH), has a flash point (as defined in that Part) of less than 21°C;
“portable petrol storage container” means any container designed, manufactured or sold for storing petrol, other than a demountable fuel tank or a fuel tank attached to an internal combustion engine, that is designed to be carried by hand;
“relevant date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
“ship”, except in regulation 18, includes every description of vessel used in navigation, whatever its method of propulsion, including hovercraft;
“workplace” means a workplace within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1637/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-consolidation-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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