Article 1

This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Liquid Fuel carried by Road Tanker) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1986.

In this Order—

• “delivery document” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(2) below;

• “grade” in relation to any petrol means one of the following grades, that is to say, 2 star, 3 star, 4 star or 5 star as mentioned in the British Standard Specification for petrol (gasoline) for motor vehicles B.S. 4040: 1978 published by the British Standards Institution on 29th September 1978^f1;

• “liquid fuel” includes any mixture of liquid fuel and lubricants but excludes—

  1. (a)

     liquefied gas;

  2. (b)

     any fuel for use by Her Majesty's forces or by a visiting force within the meaning of any of the provisions of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952; and

  3. (c)

     any fuel at other than ambient temperature;

• “quantity” means quantity by net weight, capacity measurement or volume; and

• “road tanker” means any vehicle or trailer which carries liquid fuel in a tank forming part of the vehicle or trailer other than that containing the fuel which is used to propel the vehicle, and also includes any tank with a capacity exceeding 3 m³ carried on a vehicle.