Paragraph 1 Requirements for keeping up to 30 litres of petrol in suitable portable containers or in a single demountable fuel tankI1

England, Wales and Scotland

A person keeps petrol in accordance with this paragraph if—

(a)

no more than a total of 30 litres in suitable portable containers or in a single demountable fuel tank is kept, of which—

(i)

no more than 30 litres is kept in one or more suitable portable containers;

(ii)

no more than 30 litres is kept in one demountable fuel tank; or

(iii)

no more than 30 litres is kept in no more than two suitable portable containers in any motor vehicle, motor boat, hovercraft or aircraft;

(b)

the storage place is—

(i)

within, above, below, attached to, or within the curtilage of a building (but, subject to paragraphs (ii) and (iii), not a flat or public building);

(ii)

below a flat;

(iii)

attached to a public building; or

(iv)

in a vehicle for the purpose of using it as fuel for any internal combustion engine;

(c)

the storage place, where it is—

(i)

within a building, is fire-separated from the rest of the building and any exit route from the building; and

(ii)

above, below or attached to a building, is fire-separated from the building; and

(d)

the common storage requirements of paragraph 3 are met.

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