PART i Flashing point. PART II. Stores and premises may be Inflammable Oils Act.-1908. 8. For the purposes of this Act the true flashing point of an inflammable oil shall be that defined in the Schedule hereto when the oil is tested in the manner set forth in the said Schedule. PART II. KEEPING OF INFLAMMABLE OIL. 9. Stores or premises may, upon payment of such fees and sublicensed or registered. ject to such conditions as are prescribed, be licensed or registered by the Minister for the keeping of inflammable oil. Only limited quantities may be 10. Subject to section 48, no person shall keep inflammable oil kept in unlicensed and except in a licensed store or in registered premises: Provided that nothing shall prevent the keeping of inflammable oil unregistered stores and premises. Registered premises. (a) In quantities not exceeding the following: 1. Four hundred gallons of kerosine, if no petrol is kept by any person within a distance of fifty feet thereof, or if any petrol is so kept, then if either the petrol or the kerosine is kept completely surrounded by a screen wall: 11. One hundred gallons of kerosine if petrol is kept by any person within a distance of fifty feet thereof, and neither the petrol nor the kerosine is kept completely surrounded by a screen wall: 1. Fifty gallons of petrol: Provided that all the petrol in excess of five gallons is contained in substantial closed metal vessels, none of which contains more than ten gallons of petrol: (i) On a ship, boat, or carriage, while being conveyed thereon in accordance with this Act: (c) In the fuel tank on a motor carriage or motor-propelled ship. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. Registered Premises. 11. No person shall keep inflammable oil in registered premises in quantities exceeding the following: (a) Eight hundred gallons of kerosine if no petrol is kept by any person within a distance of fifty feet thereof, or if any petrol is so kept, unless either the petrol or the kerosine is kept completely surrounded by a screen wall: (6) Three hundred gallons of kerosine if petrol is kept by any person within a distance of fifty feet thereof; and neither the petrol nor the kerosine is kept completely surrounded by a screen wall: (c) If the premises are situated within the boundaries of any municipality, town, or township, one hundred gallons of petrol; or if not so situated, two hundred gallons of petrol. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. 12. Every Inflammable Oils Act.-1908. 12. Every person keeping inflammable oil in registered premises PART 11. and every person in or about such premises shall comply with the Rules as to registered following rules: (a) All inflammable oil kept in the premises, except so much as is withdrawn for immediate use, shall be kept in a depôt exclusively appropriated to the purpose, and thoroughly ventilated: (b) The depôt shall not be situated within a building wherein persons are accustomed to assemble for purposes of public concourse, public religious worship, public entertainment or amusement, education, or discussion, nor shall the depôt be within an inhabited building, unless the depôt is completely surrounded by a screen wall: (c) No artificial light shall be brought within thirty feet of any place where any vessel containing inflammable oil is being kept, except a light of such construction, position, or character as not to be liable to ignite any inflammable vapor arising from such inflammable oil: (d) There shall be no fire, forge, furnace, explosive, highly inflammable substance or other source of danger within fifty feet of the depôt, unless separated therefrom by a screen wall: (e) All the inflammable oil shall be kept in closed vessels of metal or other prescribed material. Every such vessel shall be so substantially constructed and maintained that no leakage whatever of liquid or vapor can take place therefrom: (f) Every vessel containing petrol shall be clearly marked or labelled as provided in Part III. of this Act: premises. (g) All due precautions (whether prescribed or not) shall be taken Explosives Regulafor the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion, and for tions, 1900. the prevention of unauthorised persons having access to Cf. 38 Vict., c. 17, the inflammable oil kept on the premises, and no person shall do any act whatever which tends to cause fire or explosion. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. s. 23. 13. Whenever any of the conditions contained in section 12 are Registration may be not complied with, or in any case where the Minister thinks fit, the cancelled. registration of premises may be cancelled, and such premises shall thereupon be deemed to be unregistered. Licensed Stores. 14. Save as hereinbefore provided, no person shall keep inflam- Licensed stores. mable oil except in a licensed store. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. PART 11. Conditions as to licensing stores. Licence may be forfeited. Rules as to licensed stores. Inflammable Oils Act.-1908. 15. No store shall be licensed unless the following conditions are complied with: (a) The store shall include one or more depôts as defined by this Act exclusively appropriated to the keeping of inflammable oil and such goods as are specified in the licence; and all buildings and places adjoining each other and occupied together shall be deemed to be the same store, and shall be included in one licence: (b) Where the store is situate in a town, every depôt therein shall have an effective covering roof of metal, sand, slate, or other uninflammable material, unless any such depôt is within another building, and that building has a roof or roofs externally uninflammable: (c) Every depôt shall be so situated as not to be within fifty feet of any fire, forge, furnace, explosive, highly inflammable substance, or other source of danger: (d) Every depôt shall be separated as prescribed from all protected works: (e) Every depôt shall be in all other respects situated and constructed as prescribed. 16. Whenever any of the conditions contained in section 15 are not complied with, or in any case where the Minister thinks fit, the licence may be forfeited, and the store shall thereupon be deemed to be unlicensed. 17. Every person keeping inflammable oil in a licensed store and every person in or about the same shall comply with the following rules :— (a) All inflammable oil kept in the store, except so much as is withdrawn for immediate use, shall be kept in the depôt appropriated for the purpose, and the inflammable oil shall be kept in substantial closed vessels of metal or other prescribed material, so constructed and secured as to prevent any oil from escaping therefrom in the form of liquid, except such as may be due to unavoidable leakage provided such leakage is remedied without delay: (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the depôt shall be used exclusively for the keeping of inflammable oil and the packages in which the oil is contained: (c) No person under the age of fourteen years shall be employed inside any depôt or licensed store: (d) No explosives, nor anything liable to spontaneous ignition or combustion, and no fire or light, except an artificial light of the construction and character prescribed, shall be taken into any depôt, or shall be placed, brought, or allowed to remain within fifty feet thereof, or of any inflammable oil in course of conveyance to or from a depôt: (e) No Inflammable Oils Act.-1908. (e) No inflammable oil shall be received into or delivered from the store between sunset and sunrise except with the consent of the Chief Inspector in writing first had and obtained, unless an artificial light of the character prescribed be used: (f) No quantity of inflammable oil in excess of that specified in (g) No person shall smoke in any part of the store, and no person (i) All reasonable precautions, whether prescribed or not, shall (j) No person shall do or omit any act or thing whereby any licence may be forfeited. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. PART II. PART III. MARKING OF PACKAGES. PART III. 18. No person shall keep, convey, sell, or expose for sale petrol Package containing exceeding five gallons in quantity, unless the outermost package con- petrol to be marked. taining the same is clearly marked in conspicuous letters 66 Highly Inflammable," together with the the trade name under which the oil is sold. One Hundred Pounds. word "Petrol," or with 19. No person shall keep, convey, sell, or expose for sale any kerosine exceeding five gallons in quantity, and having a true flashing point of less than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, unless the outermost package containing the same is clearly marked in conspicuous letters "For Use In Oil Engines." Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. 20. No person shall keep, convey, sell, or expose for sale any Packages containing kerosine exceeding five gallons in quantity, and having a truc kerosine to be marked flashing point of not less than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit is not less than one unless the outermost package containing the same is clearly Fahrenheit. marked in conspicuous letters "Kerosine," or the trade name under which the oil is sold. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. ᏢᎪᎡᎢ hundred degrees PART IV. Rules as to conveying, inflammable oil. Inflammable Oils Act.-1908. PART IV. CONVEYANCE OF INFLAMMABLE OIL. 21. Every person conveying, loading, or unloading inflammable loading, and unloading oil, or assisting in any of such operations, and every employer of any person in any of such operations, shall comply with the following rules: Notice. (a) The oil shall be contained in tanks or other vessels of metal or other prescribed material from which the oil cannot escape in the form of liquid, and so substantially constructed as not to be liable, except under circumstances of gross negligence or extraordinary accident, to be broken or to become defective or insecure in course of conveyance: (b) He shall take all due precautions, whether prescribed or not, to prevent any of the oil from escaping or being discharged into any part of a house or building, or of the curtilage thereof, or into any sewer or drain, or into any inland or tidal water: (c) He shall take all due precautions, whether prescribed or not, for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion, and for preventing unauthorised persons having access to the oil, and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire or explosion and is not reasonably necessary for the purposes of the conveyance, loading, or unloading of the oil or of any other article carried therewith, and for preventing any other persons from committing any such act; and any such other person who, after being warned, commits any such act shall be deemed to commit a breach of these rules: (d) The work of loading or unloading the oil on or from any ship or boat shall not be carried on between sunset and sunrise without the permission of the Chief Inspector in writing first had and obtained: Provided that, as regards any ship or boat used in navigating the River Murray, such permission may be granted for any specified occasion or occasions, or as a general permission covering any period not exceeding twelve months. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. 22. No master of any ship or boat shall convey, load, or unload any inflammable oil of a greater quantity than prescribed, unless he has first given such notice as prescribed to an inspector. Penalty, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds. PART |