SCHEDULE 7AMENDMENTS

PART I

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1

The Petroleum-spirit (Motor Vehicles, &c.) Regulations (Northern Ireland), 193035 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

For regulation 2 (keeping of petroleum-spirit), there shall be substituted the following regulation –

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1

Subject to paragraph (2), the petroleum-spirit shall not be kept otherwise than in metal vessels so constructed and maintained in such a condition as –

a

to be reasonably secure against breakage; and

b

to prevent the leakage of any liquid or vapour therefrom.

2

Where the vessel in which the petroleum-spirit is to be kept is a fuel tank for an internal combustion engine, the requirement in paragraph (1) that the vessel be made of metal shall not apply.

3

In regulation 7, there shall be inserted at the beginning of paragraph (1) “Subject to paragraph (3),” and after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

3

The disapplication from the requirements of paragraph (1) in respect of a fuel tank for an internal combustion engine shall only apply to a fuel tank which remains connected to the fuel system of the internal combustion engine it is serving in the way it would ordinarily be so connected when that engine is running.

4

In regulation 15A (disapplication), “and” at the end of paragraph (a) shall be omitted and there shall be inserted after paragraph (b) –

or

c

any workplace within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.