Regulation 12

Any vessel used for drawing petroleum from the storage tank shall be placed within the catch-pit and below the tap of the tank before the tap be opened.

Except as allowed by paragraph (5), the petroleum shall be stored in the bin or tank only and in no other part of the premises.

No other goods of any description shall be stored in or upon any storage bin or tank.

No fire or cooking-place or any artificial light shall be used or placed within 3 metres of any storage bin or tank.

During daylight a quantity not exceeding 5 cases or 10 tins of petroleum may be exposed for sale or placed outside the storage bin at one time but after 7 p.m. no petroleum may be kept outside the bin.

No tin or drum containing petroleum shall be broached or opened nor shall any petroleum be drawn off or changed from one receptacle to another at any hour under circumstances where the use of artificial light is necessary.

The soldering of tins, drums or other receptacles containing petroleum or the application thereto of any operation in which fire or heat is used is prohibited on the licensed premises.