Fire Safety Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Control of Petroleum and Flammable Materials
36. Interpretation of this Part
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In this Part and in section 63, unless the context otherwise requires —
“dispensing” means transferring any class of petroleum or any flammable material from one container to any other container or containers for the purpose of distribution, through hose, pipe or by any other means (but not including a pipeline laid or connected with permission under the
class of petroleum
“class of petroleum” means any petroleum prescribed to be a class of petroleum for the purposes of this Act;
Petroleum
petroleum
“petroleum” includes crude petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas and other naturally occurring hydrocarbon liquid derived from crude petroleum, coal, shale, peat or other bituminous substances;
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(Chapter 45) and includes discharging into a motor vehicle or from the tank of a road tanker;
“goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods or a trailer so constructed or adapted;
“import”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or cause to be taken into Brunei Darussalam by land, sea or air from any place outside Brunei Darussalam, but does not include the bringing into Brunei Darussalam by sea or air of any substance or product which it is proved to be intended to be taken out of Brunei Darussalam on the same vessel or aircraft on which the substance or product was brought into Brunei
vessel
“vessel” includes — (a) any ship or boat or air-cushioned vehicle; and (b) any rig or platform, whether floating at sea or fixed to the sea bed, used in any form of operations at sea.
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Darussalam without any landing or transhipment within Brunei
Darussalam;
“licensed premises” means any premises licensed for the storage or keeping of any class of petroleum or any flammable material under section 37;
premises
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;
“liquefied petroleum gas” means any material having a vapour pressure not exceeding that allowed for commercial propane and composed predominantly of the following hydrocarbons, either by themselves or as mixtures —
propane;
propylene;
butane (normal butane or iso-butane); and
butylenes;
“place” includes houses, yards and open spaces appurtenant thereto, buildings and footways and any underground space;
“road tanker” means a goods vehicle which has a tank that is structurally attached or is an integral part of the frame of the vehicle;
“storage licence” means a licence to store or keep any class of petroleum or any flammable material at any premises specified in the licence;
“transport”, in relation to any class of petroleum or any flammable material, means the carriage of such petroleum or flammable material by any vehicle on land from one place in Brunei
Darussalam to another place, whether within or outside Brunei
Darussalam, and includes —
the packing, loading and unloading of the goods, and the transfer of the goods to or from a vehicle;
the marking of packages and unit loads containing any class of petroleum or any flammable material for transport, and placarding containers and vehicles in which such petroleum or flammable material are transported; and
any other matters incidental to their transport.
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For the purposes of this Part and section 63, a person may be regarded as transporting any class of petroleum or any flammable material —
flammable material
“flammable material” means any substance prescribed to be a flammable material for the purposes of this Act;
by his marking packages and unit loads containing such petroleum or flammable material for transport, and placarding containers and any vehicles in which such petroleum or flammable material are transported;
by his consigning such petroleum or flammable material for transport;
by his loading such petroleum or flammable material into or onto a vehicle, or into a tank container or container that is to be put on a vehicle, for transport or unloading any class of petroleum or any flammable material that has been transported;
by his marshalling vehicles and separating such petroleum or flammable material;
by his undertaking, or being responsible for, otherwise than as an employee or subcontractor, the transport of such petroleum or flammable material;
by his providing emergency information in relation to the transport of such petroleum or flammable material;
by his driving a vehicle carrying such petroleum or flammable material;
by being the consignee of such petroleum or flammable material that are to be transported; or
by being involved as a director, secretary or manager of a body corporate, or other person who takes part in the management of a body corporate, that takes part in an activity referred to in this subsection.
Terms defined in s 2
class of petroleum
Defined · s 2“class of petroleum” means any petroleum prescribed to be a class of petroleum for the purposes of this Act;
flammable material
Defined · s 2“flammable material” means any substance prescribed to be a flammable material for the purposes of this Act;
petroleum
Defined · s 2“petroleum” includes crude petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas and other naturally occurring hydrocarbon liquid derived from crude petroleum, coal, shale, peat or other bituminous substances;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;
vessel
Defined · s 2“vessel” includes — (a) any ship or boat or air-cushioned vehicle; and (b) any rig or platform, whether floating at sea or fixed to the sea bed, used in any form of operations at sea.
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