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

Regulations

Regulations regarding Petroleum Products Specifications and Standards

1. Definitions

 

In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have the meaning so assigned and, unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"additive"

means a substance intentionally added to a petroleum product in trace or small quantities in order to improve one or more of the petroleum product's performance or storage stability, its performance in an engine, or a reduction of the emissions from an engine powered by that petroleum product;

 

"aromatics"

means a group of hydrocarbons that contain a benzene ring in their molecular structure;

 

"AVSR"

[Definition deleted by section 2(a) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"biodiesel"

means a fuel or fuel component for diesel engines derived from natural oils extracted from vegetable matter and that conforms to the South African National Standard, Automotive biodiesel fuel, SANS 1935;

 

"blend"

means a mixture of two or more compatible petroleum products having different properties in order to produce an intermediate or final petroleum product with desired attributes;

 

"bowser"

means an apparatus erected on a site for the purposes of dispensing petrol or diesel into a motor vehicle;

 

"Controller"

means the Controller of  Petroleum Products as contemplated in section 3(1) of the Act;

 

"end-consumer"

means a person acquiring a petroleum product for own consumption;

 

"grade"

means the classification of a petroleum product according to its chemical composition and characteristics such as its RON, sulphur content, additive content and the quantity or proportion thereof;

 

"label"

means a marking displayed on a bowser at a site that specifies the grade of petrol or diesel dispensed from that bowser;

 

"lead replacement petrol"

means petrol containing metal based additives, other than lead, but including phosphorus with a RON of 93 or 95;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2(b) of Notice No. R. 431 of 2012]

 

"licensee"

means a person to whom the Controller has issued a manufacturing, wholesale or retail licence in accordance with the provisions of the Act;

 

"low-sulphur grade diesel"

means diesel with a sulphur content of not more than 10 mg/kg;

[Definition substituted by section 2(b) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"LRP" or "lead replacement petrol"
means petrol containing metal based additives, other than lead, but including phosphorus with a RON of 93 or 95;

[Definition substituted by section 2(c) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"metal-containing unleaded petrol"

[Definition deleted by section 2(d) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"metal-free unleaded petrol"

[Definition deleted by section 2(d) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"petroleum products"

means, for the purpose of these Regulations, petrol, diesel and biodiesel;

 

"RON"

means research octane number which is a measure indicating the capacity of petrol to prevent engine knocking at low speed;

 

"SANS"

means the South African National Standard approved by the South African Bureau of Standards, in terms of the Standards Act, 2008 (Act No. 8 of 2008);

[Definition substituted by section 2(e) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"standard grade diesel"

[Definition deleted by section 2(f) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

"the Act"

means the Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1977);

 

"unleaded petrol" or "ULP"
means petrol that does not contain metal based additives, but may contain manganese, with a RON of 93 or 95;

[Definition inserted by section 2(g) of Notice No. R. 582, GG40929, dated 23 June 2017]

 

''v/v"

means volume by volume.