Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations

Fire Safety Act

(CHAPTER 109A, Section 61(1))

Rg 7

G.N. No. S 81/2005

REVISED EDITION 2008

(2nd June 2008)

[16th February 2005]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

[Deleted by S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“accepted code of practice” means any code of practice, standard, guide or manual that is accepted by the Commissioner for the purpose of providing practical guidance to persons engaged in the storage, keeping, transport or dispensing, or conveyance by pipeline, of any class of petroleum or flammable material;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“affected areas” includes off-site affected areas;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“approved inspector” means any person approved by the Commissioner to carry out inspections, tests and certification required by these Regulations of any premises or vehicle used or to be used in the storage or transport of, or pipeline used or to be used to convey, any petroleum or flammable material or both;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“carrier”, in relation to any petroleum or flammable material, means any person undertaking the transport of the petroleum or flammable material, whether for hire or reward and whether on his own account;

“cartridge” means a non-refillable container of less than 1.4 litres water capacity designed to be disposed of when empty and constructed to an accepted code of practice and standard, but does not include cigarette lighters and similar small containers;

“Class O petroleum” means liquefied petroleum gas;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“Class I petroleum” means any petroleum having a flashpoint below 23ºC but does not include Class O petroleum;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“Class II petroleum” means any petroleum having a flashpoint between 23ºC and 60ºC (both inclusive);

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“Class III petroleum” means any petroleum having a flashpoint above 60°C but not above 93°C;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“container” means any thing which may be used to store any petroleum or flammable material, and includes any cartridge, cylinder, tank, portable tank, cargo tank, pressure receptacle or freight container;

“cylinder” means a container which has a capacity of less than 250 litres water capacity and is used to store petroleum or flammable materials under pressure;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“dealer” means a person or company engaged in the business of distributing Class O petroleum in cylinders to the public;

“eating place” has the same meaning as in the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order (O 4);

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“Emergency Response Plan” means a plan prepared under regulation 27 or 29G;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“factory” has the same meaning as in the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006;

[S 83/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“freight container” means an article or a transport equipment designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport without intermediate re-loading of the contents;

“hazardous material” means any substance or article set out in the Third Schedule to the Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) Rules (R 23);

[S 780/2020 wef 14/09/2020]

[S 83/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“Hazardous Materials Transport Driver Permit” or “permit” means a permit for a person to drive a vehicle transporting any petroleum or flammable material;

[Deleted by S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“licence” means a licence required under Part 6 of the Act or these Regulations;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

[S 83/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“licensed vehicle” means a vehicle licensed to carry petroleum and flammable materials under regulation 5;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“licensee” means a person who holds a valid licence;

“LPG centralised store” means any licensed premises used by a supplier to store LPG cylinders for distribution to dealers;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“LPG cylinder” means a cylinder used to store liquefied petroleum gas;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“multi-load”, in relation to the transport of petroleum or flammable materials in package, means a load consisting of 2 or more different types of petroleum or flammable materials in separate containers, whether or not any other material is being conveyed at the same time;

“permitted times”, in relation to the transport of petroleum or flammable materials, means the periods specified in the Fifth Schedule corresponding to such transport;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“personal identifier” means an image, a measurement or a recording of a person or any part of a person, or any particulars, information or record for the purpose of identifying or authenticating the identity of a person;

“pipeline licensee” means the holder of a valid pipeline licence;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“pipeline marker” means a warning sign securely anchored to the ground and placed not more than 200 metres apart to indicate the location of buried relevant pipelines;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“pipeline user”, in relation to a section of a licensed pipeline, means a person, not being the pipeline licensee —

(a)	who owns or leases that section of the licensed pipeline; and
(b)	who uses that section of the licensed pipeline for the conveyance of any class of petroleum or any flammable material; [S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“pressure receptacle” includes any cylinder, tube or closed cryogenic receptacle or any bundle of cylinders;

“professional engineer” means a person who is registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 and has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;

[S 83/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“relevant pipeline” and “relevant pipeline works” have the same meanings, respectively as in the Act;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“restaurant” has the same meaning as in the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“Schedule 1 chemical” means a flammable material listed in Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule;

[S 83/2023 wef 21/08/2023]

“Schedule 2 chemical” means a flammable material listed in Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule;

[S 83/2023 wef 21/08/2023]

“Schedule 3 chemical” means a flammable material listed in Part 3 of the Fourth Schedule;

[S 83/2023 wef 21/08/2023]

“scheduled chemical” means a Schedule 1 chemical, Schedule 2 chemical or Schedule 3 chemical;

[S 83/2023 wef 21/08/2023]

“storage licensee” means the holder of a valid storage licence;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“storage of petroleum or flammable materials in bulk” means storage other than the storage of petroleum or flammable materials in package;

“storage of petroleum or flammable materials in package” means storage of any petroleum or flammable material in one or more individual containers of less than 250 litres of water capacity each;

“supplier”, except in regulations 52, 53 and 54, means a person or company engaged in the business of distributing any class of petroleum or any flammable materials to dealers or to the public;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“tank” means a container having a water capacity of 250 litres or more, including an ISO-tank, which is used to store any class of petroleum or any flammable material;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“Transport Emergency Response Plan” means such plan prepared under regulation 45;

“transport of petroleum or flammable materials in bulk” means transport other than the transport of petroleum or flammable materials in package;

“transport of petroleum or flammable materials in package” means transport of any petroleum or any flammable material in one or more individual containers of less than 250 litres of water capacity each;

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

“vehicle” means a road tanker, tank truck, semi-trailer, trailer (including any trailer which does not form part of the vehicle) or any other vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads that may be used in the transport of petroleum or flammable materials but does not include a railroad tank car.

(2) In these Regulations —

(a)	any reference to an accepted code of practice shall be a reference to the code of practice as amended from time to time; and
(b)	if an accepted code of practice is inconsistent with these Regulations or the Act, these Regulations and the Act shall prevail to the extent of that inconsistency. [S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

(3) For the purposes of the Act —

(a)	the classes of petroleum shall be Class O petroleum, Class I petroleum, Class II petroleum and Class III petroleum, as defined in paragraph (1); and
(b)	flammable materials shall be as specified in the Fourth Schedule. [S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

(4) For the purposes of regulations 52, 53 and 54, any reference to a supplier of Class O petroleum is a reference to a person or company engaged in the business of bottling Class O petroleum into cylinders for distribution to dealers or to the public.

[S 546/2013 wef 01/09/2013]

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