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Re: 25l fuel! Seems 23l is the legal limit!
Posted by 'SimonS' on 02 Jan 2010 @ 18:21

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"It seems to me that atol would be breaking the law if they supplied petrol to customers in 25l cans"

You need to read the Petroleum Regs carefully.

1). The limit exists for vehicles without a licenced storage facility.

2). The regulations have a grey area. They prevent the filling of more than 2 metal cans and 2 plastic cans at a garage, however it is moot as to whether you are storing or transporting the fuel if you put it in your vehicle. If you are transporting it then the transport limits apply, but if that's where you are storing your fuel (for the weekend) then the limits is 295 litres (from memory).

3). There is no problem in selling the fuel in 25 litre cans, if they are authorised storage units. For example, one regularly puts 60 litres or more into the authorised storage unit (the fuel tank) in your car, even though it may not have had any meaningful inspection for years.

I've once had the argument with a petrol station about filling cans. They said I couldn't fill 2 metal and 2 plastic containers.(their limit was 2 containers) That was because they had the petrol inspector on site. I said I could and the inspector backed me up....however he did point out that I am supposed to show the containers to the staff for approval before filling.

I wouldn't want to test the gray area of that law in court with the full 295 litres in unlicenced storage and I don't suppose you would be welcome at too many kart sites....you are supposed to have fire extinguishers in your pit appropriate to the situation, not just the MSA minimum.

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