LAWS OF TUVALU
2008 Revised Edition

PETROLEUM (CONTROL OF STORAGE) REGULATIONS

CAP. 20.20.2

MADE UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE PETROLEUM ACT1

1 Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum (Control of Storage) Regulations. 

2 Storage of petroleum in certain containers forbidden

	(1) No person shall without a written licence granted to him by the Inspector of Petroleum store any petroleum except in a metal container or a plastic container if the capacity of the plastic container is not less than 15 litres. 
	
	(2) A licence granted under this regulation may be granted subject to such conditions as the Inspector of Petroleum may determine which shall be written on the licence. 
	
	(3) Any person who contravenes this regulation or any condition written on a licence granted to him under this regulation shall be liable to a fine of $100 and the court may order the forfeiture of any petroleum in respect of which the contravention took place. 
	
	(4) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation the court shall presume the truthfulness of any allegation in the charge or information that a substance was petroleum unless the contrary is proved. 
	
	(5) This regulation shall apply to such islands or other places as the Minister may by notice designate for the purposes of this regulation. 

ENDNOTES
______________
1 LN 41/1974