Treated oil
not to be
placed in
fuel tanks
of moter vehicles.
Liability
where treated oil is found in fuel tank. of motor vehicles.
Samples.
6. No person shall place, or cause to be placed, into the fuel tank of any motor vehicle, any treated oil, except in accordance with a permit issued by the Director.
7.
Where treated oil is found in the fuel tank of any motor vehicle, other than in accordance with a permit issued by the Director, the owner, the driver and any person for the time being in charge of the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence, unless he proves that the treated oil was in the fuel tank without his knowledge.
8. Any police officer or member of the Preventive Service may take a sample of any light diesel oil from the fuel tank of any motor vehicle for the purposes of an examination by himself as to its colour and, where the sample appears to be coloured, of analysis by a Gover- ment Chemist.
Prohibitions with regard
9.
to markers
and colouring kubotadce.
Storage of treated off.
Marking of
of treated oll
No person shall-
(a) add any marker or colouring substance to any light diesel oil
except with the permission of the Director:
(b) add to any light diesel oil any substance which is calculated
to impede the identification of any marker:
(c) remove any marker or colouring substance from any treated
oil:
(d) import, buy, sell or otherwise deal in any light diesel oil to which has been added any substance which is calculated to impede the identification of any marker.
10. All treated oil shall be stored separately from other hydro- carbon oil.
11. As and when the Director requires, any drum, storage tank, container, etc. delivery pump or other container or outlet which contains treated oil shall be conspicuously marked in English and Chinese "THIS OIL IS NOT TO BE USED FOR THE PROPULSION OF MOTOR VEHICLES".
Delivery of treated oil.
Offences and penalties.
12. No person shall deliver treated oil to any other person without also delivering a note bearing the statement in English and Chinese "THIS OIL IS NOT TO BE USED FOR THE PROPULSION OF MOTOR VEHICLES".
13. Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulations 3, 5, 6, 8, 9. 10 and 11 shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon sum- mary conviction be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and six mouths imprisonment.
14. In any prosecution under these regulations, a certificate pur- Evideoes. porting to be under the hand of a Government Chemist shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in such certificate.
COUNCIL, CHAMBER,
5th September, 1963.
Explanatory Note.
Clerk of Councils.
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).
These regulations provide for the introduction of colouring matter into hydrocarbon oils intended for marine or industrial use,
(Secretariat FIN7/3231/60)