S.L. 545.17 Art. 3Prohibition of certain operations and activities.

(1) The following operations and activities shall require an authorisation:

(a) the acquisition, importation, transfer, possession, keeping, blending, bottling, wholesaling or the lending or giving to a person of any petroleum products, and

(b) the carrying out of the activity of an importer and, or wholesaler of petroleum or the operating of a primary storage facility or the bottling of LPG.

(2) The provisions of subregulation (1) shall not apply to any of the following activities or operations:

(a) the possession and keeping of a quantity of bona fide less than 300 litres of petroleum for private use: Provided that in the case of quantities of motor spirit and aviation fuel (aviation spirit and jet-fuel of the gasoline type) exceeding 60 litres, the Regulator shall be notified of the aforesaid types of petroleum intended to be stored, which shall be stored in accordance with approved guidelines or codes of practice;

(b) the bona fide possession and keeping of a quantity of less than 150 kg of LPG or five interconnected portable cylinders, whichever is the lower;

(c) the possession and keeping of petroleum in bona fide the holding tank of a vehicle exclusively for the purposes of propelling such vehicle; and

(d) the importation and keeping of a quantity of bona fide less than 25 litres of petroleum for the exclusive use of testing in a laboratory: Provided that the importation of a greater amount for testing purposes may be authorised by the Regulator;

(e) the importation and wholesaling of petroleum in a calendar year in quantities not exceeding the amounts per type mentioned in the Fifth Schedule:

Provided that the person importing or wholesaling such petroleum shall submit to the Regulator a signed declaration in the form and manner established by the Regulator, that the amounts to be imported in the particular calendar year shall not exceed the amounts stated in the Fifth Schedule:

Provided further that the person making such a declaration in terms of the foregoing, shall pay to the Regulator a yearly administrative fee of five hundred euro (€500) together with the declaration and shall make in favour of the Regulator a bank guarantee of not less than two thousand euro (€2,000) which bank guarantee shall be paid in favour of the Regulator in case the declaration is found by the Regulator to be incorrect, false and, or incomplete.