Unloading of petrol at petroleum filling stations and certain other premises licensed for the keeping of petrol

25.—(1) The provisions of Schedule 4 shall have effect for regulating the unloading of petrol from the carrying tank of a road tanker at—

(a) any petroleum filling station; and

(b) any other premises for which a petroleum-spirit licence authorising the keeping of petrol is in force, except where those premises are licensed for keeping more than 100,000 litres of such petrol in storage tanks,

and the enforcing authority for these Regulations and for Articles 4 to 9 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 in respect of such unloading as is specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be the petroleum licensing authority, even if the relevant tanker is on a road at the time of the unloading.

(2) In this regulation and in Schedule 4—

(a) “the petroleum licensing authority” means the local authority empowered to grant petroleum-spirit licences under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 for the petroleum filling station or other premises concerned; and

(b) “petroleum-spirit licence” has the same meaning as in section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929.