Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1982

Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act.

2.— Section 1 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (v) of the definition of “petroleum oils”:

“(v) in products storage tanks of refineries or of importing, stocking, wholesale or retail enterprises, or”,

and that definition, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

“petroleum oils” includes the following—

(a) crude oil,

(b) liquified petroleum gas,

(c) aviation gasoline,

(d) gasoline-type jet fuel,

(e) kerosene-type jet fuel,

(f) motor spirit,

(g) kerosenes,

(h) light virgin naphtha,

(i) gas diesel oil,

(j) light fuel oil,

(k) medium fuel oil,

(l) heavy fuel oil,

and includes any of the above which are—

(i) on board oil-tankers in a port in the State awaiting unloading after completion of port formalities,

(ii) stored in an unloading port in the State,

(iii) contained in tanks at the entrance to pipe-lines,

(iv) in the crude oil storage tanks of refineries (other than in refinery pipes and processing installations),

(v) in products storage tanks of refineries or of importing, stocking, wholesale or retail enterprises, or

(vi) in barges and coastal vessels, whether in a port in the State or in the course of transportation from one place in the State to another such place.