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Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1997)

Regulations

Regulations regarding Petroleum Products Site and Retail Licences

Chapter 1 : Site Licences

13. Documents to be submitted in support of site licence application

 

(1) An applicant for a site licence in respect of whom section 2D of the Act is not applicable must submit—
(a) a motivation for the site;
(b) a certified copy of the applicant’s identity document if the applicant is a natural person and, in the case of a non-South African citizen, a permanent residence permit or employment permit and proof of residence in South Africa, or proof of domicile in South Africa, as the case may be;
(c) a certified copy of the business entity’s registration documents, if the applicant is a corporate entity or a trust;
(d) certified copies of—
(i) the land use zoning certificate issued by a competent authority or person, authorising retailing from the site;
(ii) the Record of Decision of the environmental authorities in accordance with the Environmental Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989), permitting retailing operations on the site;
(iii) in the case of—
(aa) an owner, the title deed to the land on which the site is located;
(bb) publicly-owned land, the written permission of the land owner;
(iv) the permission by the National Roads Authority to develop the site, if the site allows or is intended to allow access by vehicles to a national road.

 

(2) An applicant for a site licence in respect of whom section 2D of the Act is applicable, must submit—
(a) a certified copy of the applicant’s identity document if the applicant is a natural person and, in the case of a non-South African citizen, a permanent residence permit or employment permit and proof of residence in South Africa, or proof of domicile in South Africa, as the case may be;
(b) a certified copy of the business entity’s registration documents, if the applicant is a corporate entity or a trust;
(c) certified copies of—

(i) in the case of—

(aa) an owner, the title deed to the land on which the site is located;
(bb) publicly owned land, the written permission of the land owner, or
(ii) a lease agreement or an offer to purchase the site or an offer to lease the site;
(d) a declaration by the applicant stating that the applicant is in compliance with the Act, these Regulations and all other national, provincial and local government laws applicable for the operation of the activity concerned;
(e) if retailing operations were being conducted on the site at the commencement of the Amendment Act, a declaration by the applicant to that effect; and
(f) if the applicant is in the process of developing a site at the commencement of the Amendment Acts, a statement signed by the appropriate building inspector or other competent authority stating—
(i) the date on which building plans for the site were approved by the appropriate authorities, and
(ii) that construction in accordance therewith had begun at the commencement of the Amendment Acts.