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PETROLEUM (CONSOLIDATION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1929 - SECT 12

12.(1) If the Minister of Home Affairs 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, [or that fixed tanks or other fixed
containers which have been used for the storage of petroleum-spirit and which
are no longer used for that purpose, kept on any premises, are likely to be
dangerous,] 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 area by the local authority
empowered under this Act to grant petroleum-spirit licences in that area.

(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 each day on which the offence occurs or continues,
and the court before whom any person is convicted under this sub-section 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.

Notice to be given of accidents connected with petroleum-

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