# The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 1: Requirements for keeping up to 30 litres of petrol in suitable portable containers or in a single demountable fuel tank

Extent: E+W+S

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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1637/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-consolidation-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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