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2. In this Law — “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Utility Regulation and Competition Office established by the Utility Regulation and Competition Law, 2016; “Chief Executive Officer” means the individual appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Office, pursuant to section 28(a) of the Utility Regulation and Competition Law, 2016; “Chief Fuels Inspector” means the public officer appointed in accordance with section 10 to have charge of the office of the Chief Fuels Inspector and includes any officer performing his duties as such; “combustible liquids” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “Committee” means the Fuel Standards Committee established under section 9A; “compressed gas” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “container” means anything in or by which dangerous substances are wholly or partly cased, covered, enclosed, contained, or packed whether such thing is empty or partially or completely full but does not include a vehicle other than a permitted vehicle; “court” means the summary court; “dangerous substances” include the following — (a) petroleum; (b) petroleum products; (c) flammable liquid gas; (d) hazardous production material; (e) flammable liquid; (f) combustible liquid; (g) compressed gas; (h) flammable gas; (i) highly volatile liquid; and (j) hazardous industrial gases; “Emergency Response Team” means those persons who have been trained to respond to emergencies in the Islands involving dangerous substances; “emergency services” means the police, fire and emergency ambulance services and such other services as may be prescribed by regulations made under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Law, 2002; “flammable gas” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “flammable liquid” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “flammable liquid gas” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “gallon” means an imperial gallon; “handling”, in relation to a dangerous substance, includes the following — (a) manufacturing, processing or treating the dangerous substance; (b) supplying, receiving or dispensing the dangerous substance; (c) marking or labelling an article, container or package of the dangerous substance, or placard or putting up signs in relation to the dangerous substance; (d) packing, consigning or carrying the dangerous substance; (e) storing the dangerous substance; (f) possessing, or otherwise having custody or control of, the dangerous substance; (g) using the dangerous substance; and (h) disposing of the dangerous substance or rendering it harmless; “hazardous industrial gases” means flammable gases used primarily for industrial or commercial purposes and includes acetylene, hydrogen and liquid oxygen; “hazardous production materials” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “highly volatile liquid” has the meaning assigned by the Standard Fire Prevention Code [Law 49 of 2016]; “importer” means the holder of an import permit; “Marine Spill Response Team” means those persons who have been trained to respond to marine spills involving dangerous substances; “Minister” means the Minister or member of Cabinet responsible for the operation of this Law; “ministry” means the ministry of government responsible for the operation of this Law; “natural gas” means all gaseous hydrocarbons; “occupier”, in relation to regulated premises which is a private residential home, means a person who inhabits the home, otherwise than as a mere servant or for the mere purpose of the care, custody and charge of such home; ‘Office” means the Utility Regulation and Competition Office established by the Utility Regulation and Competition Law, 2016; “operating permit” means a permit issued under section 4; “operator” — (a) in relation to regulated premises which is not a private residential home, means a person who has the charge, management or control of the premises; (b) in relation to a pipeline, means — (i) the person who is to have or, once liquid is conveyed, has control over the conveyance of liquid in the pipeline; (ii) until that person is known, where at a material time he is not yet known, the person who is to commission or, where commissioning has started, commissions the design and construction of the pipeline; or (iii) when a pipeline is no longer, or is not for the time being used, the person last having control over the conveyance of liquid in it, and shall include, where applicable, the owner of the pipeline; (c) in relation to regulated premises which is a private residential home, means the occupier of the premises; and (d) in relation to a permitted vehicle, means the person who has the possession or use of the vehicle and who is either the registered sole or joint owner of the vehicle or is a person who has possession and use of the vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement or bill of sale or like instrument; “permitted vehicle” includes a boat, truck, tanker or such other vehicle which is manufactured or modified to be used and which is used for the purpose of transporting dangerous substances; “petroleum” includes crude liquid petroleum, natural gas and petroleum products; “petroleum products” means substances produced directly or indirectly from crude petroleum and includes, any fuel, lubricant, bitumen, wax, industrial spirit and any wide-range substance; “regulated premises” — (a) means any premises in which the following are stored — (i) dangerous substances of an aggregate quantity of 250 gallons or more; or (ii) in the case where the dangerous substance is compressed gas or compressed air, compressed gas or compressed air of an aggregate quantity of 250 liquid gallons or more stored at a pressure of 100 pounds per square inch or more at ambient temperature, and such premises may include any storage terminal, retail outlet, utility company, commercial bulk storage facility, hospital, factory and a private residential home; but (b) does not include any premises where only pressure, process or flow through tanks are stored; “Standard Fire Prevention Code” means the Standard Fire Prevention Code adopted by the Fire Code, 1997; “transportation’’ includes shipment, transhipment, landing, loading and movement by any means whatsoever including pipe-line; and “wide-range substance” means a substance whose final boiling point at normal atmospheric pressure is more than 50° centigrade higher than its initial boiling point.

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BoardChief Executive OfficerChief Fuels Inspectorcombustible liquidsCommitteecompressed gascontainercourtdangerous substancesEmergency Response Teamemergency servicesflammable gasflammable liquidflammable liquid gasgallonhandlinghazardous industrial gaseshazardous production materialshighly volatile liquidimporterMarine Spill Response TeamMinisterministrynatural gasoccupierOfficeoperating permitoperatorpermitted vehiclepetroleumpetroleum productsregulated premisesStandard Fire Prevention Codetransportationwide-range substance

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