Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928

12 Regulations as to classes of petroleum-spirit likely to be dangerous or injurious to health

(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that any class of petroleum-spirit is by reason of the nature thereof or of any substance mixed therewith likely to be dangerous or injurious to health either generally or in the case of any class of persons, he may make such regulations as appear to him to be reasonably practicable and to meet the necessity of the case, and in particular—

(a) for requiring the observance of such precautions as may be prescribed for the protection of persons employed or engaged in handling or using petroleum-spirit of that class in connection with any trade or business; and

(b) for requiring persons selling to the public petroleum-spirit of that class to give, in such manner as may be prescribed, warning to purchasers of petroleum-spirit of that class as to the dangers thereof and the precautions to be observed with respect thereto; and

(c) for prohibiting the sale or use of petroleum-spirit which he may by order declare to be so dangerous or injurious to health that precautions for the protection of persons employed or engaged in handling or using such petroleum-spirit are impracticable; and

(d) for the publication and supply of copies of the regulations; and

(e) for the enforcement of the regulations in any district by the local authority empowered under this Act to grant petroleum-spirit licences in that district:

Provided that any such regulations extending to England shall be made after consultation with the Minister of Health.

(2) If any person contravenes or attempts to contravene any regulation made under this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds for every day on which the offence occurs or continues, and the court before whom any person is convicted under this subsection may order that the petroleum-spirit in respect of which the offence was committed, and any vessel in which it is contained, be forfeited or otherwise dealt with in such manner as the court thinks fit.