# The Petroleum-Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regulations 1982, Regulation 2: Keeping of petroleum-spirit in plastic containers and exemption from Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 in certain circumstances


Notwithstanding any prohibition or requirement contained in the Petroleum-spirit (Motor Vehicles, &c.) Regulations 1929, petroleum-spirit may be kept in a plastic container if it is kept—
(a) in accordance with Regulations 4 and 5 of these Regulations by a person intending to use it as a fuel for any internal combustion engine, and not wholly or partly for the purposes of sale; and petroleum-spirit so kept shall be exempt from any prohibition or requirement imposed by or under sections 1 to 9 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, but not from any prohibition or requirement imposed by or under any other enactment; or
(b) in accordance with a petroleum-spirit licence granted under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (including any such licence granted pursuant to an appeal under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974), in which case the following provisions of these Regulations shall not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/630/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-spirit-plastic-containers-regulations-1982/regulation-2
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