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Regulation 4

of Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order

Regulation 4

Storage of flammable materials below certain quantities and in certain forms exempt

Amended byS 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 84/2023 wef 21/08/2023

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021

The storage or keeping of any flammable material —

(a)

not exceeding the quantity specified in the second column of the Second Schedule for that flammable material, and solely for the purpose —

(i)

of use in any process of manufacture, mixing, blending, cleaning, painting, testing or other general manufacturing process of any product, goods or materials, whether or not specified in the Third Schedule; or

(ii)

of warehousing or storage for reward for persons other than the occupier of the premises used for storing; or

(b)

not exceeding the quantity specified in the third column of the Second Schedule for that flammable material, and solely for the purpose —

(i)

of or for use in a hospital, nursing home, clinic, pharmacy, or such other establishment providing medical facilities; or

(ii)

of or for use in any laboratory,shall be exempt from the requirement of a licence under section 78 of the Act and the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 84/2023 wef 21/08/2023

Despite sub-paragraph (1), the storage or keeping in any quantity of any product specified in the Third Schedule containing any flammable material shall be exempt from the requirement of a licence under section 78 of the Act and the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations, but only if it does not contain any scheduled chemical.