Alteration
lo lank Wagon not permitted except with permission of the Authority.
Conveyance regulations
not applicable
to vehicles
used for conveying ben gallons or
less only.
The Author.
ity may relax
conveyanco regulations.
Store not to
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(5) Paragraph (1)(A)(0) shall not apply to any tap which- (a) is fitted to a tank of a tank wagon which complies with this
regulation;
(b) does not project beyond the back of the tank wagon; and (c) is adequately protected against damage by collision.
145. No material alteration to the structure, tanks or fittings of any tank wagon shall be made except with the permission of the Authority.
146. Regulations 130 to 145 inclusive shall not apply to any vehicle used for the conveyance of highly inflammable or inflammable liquid in quantities not exceeding ten gallous at one time in addition to the fuel in the fuel tank of the vehicle.
147. The Authority may, on being satisfied that, in respect of any vehicle or class of vehicle or any mode of conveyance, any of de provisions of regulations 130 to 145 inclusive may safely be relaxed or suspended, authorize in writing the suspension or relaxation of such provisions for such period and subject to such conditions as he may think it, and such provisions shall thereupon, for the period stated, not apply to such vehicle, class of vehicle or mode of conveyance so long as all such conditions are complied with.
Storage of substances giving off inflammable vapour in quantities exceeding one hundred gallons.
148. No store shall contain more than fifty thousand gallons of contain more highly inflammable or inflammable liquid.
than fifty
thousand
gallons.
Adjoining
stores not 10 contain more than one
hundred
thousand gallons in all.
Situation and construction of store,
149. Where two or more stores are immediately adjoining, the total amount of highly inflammable or inflammable liquid contained in such stores shall not exceed one hundred thousand gallons.
150. Any store shall be situated on a site approved by the Authority and Director of Public Works and shall be constructed of brick, rein forced concrete or other fire-resisting material to the satisfaction of the Authority.
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151. (1) Any store shall be provided with a space (in these regula- Rewining Eons referred to as a retaining space) sufficient in capacity to contain space to be provided in the total amount of highly inflammable or inflammable liquid which the store is licensed to contain.
(2) Any such retaining space shall be confined—
(a) by lowering the floor of the store below ground level; or
(b) by raising the sills of all doors and other openings in the store
above ground level; or
store.
(c) by both lowering the floor and raising the sills as aforesaid, 152. Any store shall, if the Authority so requires, be surrounded Store to be by a wall.
surrounded by wall LE required.
153. The walls and floor of any store shall be impervious to liquids Construction of walls and and inflammable vapours up to a point level with the topmost horizontal
Boor of stor, plane of the retaining space.
154. (1) Any store shall be adequately ventilated at both low and Ventilation bigh levels and if fitted with windows they shall be at high level and of store, shall be fixed.
(2) Any such low level ventilator shall be-
(a) not more than twelve inches square:
(b) situated above the topmost horizontal plane of the retaining
space:
(c) covered internally by fine brass wire gauze having a mesh of
not less than twenty-eight to the linear inch; and
(d) protected externally by a small mesh iron grating.
(3) Any such high level ventilator shall be--
(a) situated in the roof or as near as possible to the top of the
walls; and
(b) covered internally by fine brass wire gauze having a mesh of
not less than twenty-eight to the linear inch.
(4) Any such window shall be glazed throughout with wired glass meab, and shall be not less than one quarter of an inch in thickness.
155. In any store no container shall be stored above the level of the No container lower chord of the roof truss or within three feet of the ceiling.
to be above the lower chord or truss
building.
156. In any store which is not a separate building, no container Storage in shall be stored nearer to any wall than two feet, and stacks of containers pon separate shall be separated by a gangway in such manner as the Authority may tegrice
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