Oil Burners (Standards) Act, 1960
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“credit-sale agreement” means an agreement for the sale of goods under which the whole or part of the purchase price is payable by instalments; | ||
“hire-purchase agreement” has the same meaning as in the Hire Purchase Act, 1946 ; | ||
“kerosene” means hydrocarbon oil (other than hydrocarbon light oils) of which more than fifty per cent. by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 240 degrees centigrade; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; | ||
“oil heater” means any appliance suitable for use in a dwelling-house or other residential premises and designed for the heating of space by means of the burning of kerosene not being an appliance designed for use with a flue for the removal into the open air, either directly or by connection with another flue or flues, of gases produced by the burning kerosene; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this Act, | ||
(2) In the definition of “kerosene” contained in subsection (1) of this section— | ||
(a) “hydrocarbon oil” has the same meaning as that expression has in section 21 of the Finance Act, 1935 ; | ||
(b) “hydrocarbon light oils” has the same meaning as that expression has in section 1 of the Finance (Customs Duties) (No. 4) Act, 1931 ; | ||
(c) the reference to the distillation of more than fifty per cent. by volume at a temperature not exceeding 240 degrees centigrade shall be construed as a reference to such a distillation on a test by the method prescribed by the Revenue Commissioners pursuant to subsection (7) of the said section 1. | ||
(3) In this Act any reference to component parts of oil heaters includes a reference to burners and to wicks. |