Paragraph 2 Requirements for keeping of up to 275 litres of petrolI1

England, Wales and Scotland

A person keeps petrol in accordance with this paragraph if—

(a)

petrol is kept in accordance with the common storage requirements of paragraph 3;

(b)

notice has been given to the petroleum enforcement authority in accordance with paragraph 4;

(c)

(i)

more petrol is kept than may be kept in accordance with paragraph 1; and

(ii)

within the entirety of the domestic or other relevant premises no more than 275 litres is kept; and either

(d)

no more than so much petrol as may be kept in accordance with paragraph 1 is kept in accordance with that paragraph and the remainder is kept in accordance with (e); or

(e)

all petrol is kept—

(i)

in suitable portable containers, or demountable fuel tanks, or both of those types of container;

(ii)

in a storage place that is—

(aa)

a detached building; or

(bb)

attached to a building (but not domestic premises), and is fire-separated from the building; and

(iii)

where fire extinguishing and spillage containment apparatus is available either within the storage place, or as close as is reasonably practicable to the storage place.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.10.2014, see reg. 1(2)