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Building (Oil Storage Installations) Regulations
[1983 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
LN. 37/83.
Restriction on use of tanks found to be defective.
L.N. 37/83.
(a) a general inspection shall be carried out internally not later than the tenth year in the life of the tank, and thereafter an inspection shall be carried out once in every fifth year after the year in which such first-mentioned inspection is carried out:
(b) an inspection of the external shell of the tank and of the external joint between the tank shell and the bottom plates thereof shall be carried out annually,
and, on completion of any such inspection, the registered structural engineer concerned shall issue to the licensee a certificate of inspection, in such form as the Building Authority may determine, signed by the engineer and setting out the results of the inspection and the recommendations of the engineer, if any, as to the necessity for repairs and the nature and extent thereof or whether the tank inspected is in his opinion fit for continued use or as the case may require.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Building Authority may by notice in writing require any licensee to cause any inspection referred to in paragraph (1) to be carried out at any time specified in the notice.
(3) Every certificate of inspection issued to a licensee under this regulation shall be delivered forthwith by the licensee to the Building Authority.
9. (1) Where it appears to the Building Authority that a tank in any oil storage installation is unfit for use or ought not in his opinion to be used for the storage of oil and petroleum products, he may serve or cause to be served upon the licensee a notice in writing-
(a) requiring the licensee to empty the tank;
(b) prohibiting the continued use of the tank or restricting the use thereof subject to any conditions specified in the notice.
(2) A notice under this regulation may contain such directions and other requirements relating to the storage of oil and petroleum products in the oil storage installation specified in the notice as the Building Authority may think fit.
(3) In the event of a failure to comply with a notice given under paragraph (1) the Building Authority may seize, remove and detain any oil and petroleum products stored in the oil storage installation.
(4) For the purpose of giving effect to any of the powers conferred by this regulation, the Building Authority, and any person authorized by him in writing may-
(a) enter, inspect and examine any place, building or oil storage installation, and any part thereof, at all times by day and by night;