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Petroleum (Amendment) Act 1928
The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. 32) is a UK Act of Parliament to consolidate the enactments relating to petroleum and petroleum-spirit. It specified and updated the conditions for the granting of licenses for keeping petroleum spirit; the labelling of containers for petroleum spirit; its transport; and regulations for certain uses. Background The Petroleum Act 1871 was still the principal Act controlling the licensing, storage and use of petroleum and petroleum products in the late 1920s. It was recognised that considerable changes had taken place since 1871 in the use of petroleum such as the development of the motor car and the increased use of petrol by the public. It had also become difficult for local authorities to administer the law as it was distributed over a number of Acts, and partly because the Act of 1871 was seen as not being well drafted and difficulties had arisen over interpretation. The original Petroleum Act 1862 defined Petroleum Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Act Of Parliament
In the United Kingdom an act of Parliament is primary legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. An act of Parliament can be enforced in all four of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, UK constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland); however as a result of Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolution the majority of acts that are now passed by Parliament apply either to England and Wales only, or England only; whilst generally acts only relating to Reserved and excepted matters, constitutional and reserved matters now apply to the whole of the United Kingdom. A draft piece of legislation is called a Bill (law), bill; when this is passed by Parliament and given Royal Assent, it becomes an act and part of statute law. Classification of legislation Acts of Parliament are classified as either "public general acts" or "local and personal acts" (also known as "private acts"). Bills are also classified as "public", "priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum Act 1871
The Petroleum Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the storage and transport of petroleum and similar substances. Background The storage and transport of petroleum and petroleum products had been controlled by the Petroleum Acts 1862 to 1868. By 1871 the provisions of these Acts required to be updated; the 1871 Act was intended to enact these requirements. The Petroleum Act 1862 and the Petroleum Act 1868 were wholly repealed by the 1871 Act. Petroleum Act 1871 The Petroleum Act 1871 received royal assent on 21 August 1871. Its long title is 'An Act for the safe keeping of petroleum and other substances of a like nature'. Provisions The Act comprises 18 sections and two schedules: * Section 1. Short title of Act * Section 2. Interpretation of certain terms in the Act * Section 3. Definition of Petroleum and application of Act * Section 4. Bye-laws as to ship carrying petroleum * Section 5. Notice by owner or mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum Act 1862
The Petroleum Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict. c. 66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the safe-keeping of petroleum. Background The large-scale production of petroleum began in the United States in 1859 from oil wells in Pennsylvania. Within two years petroleum was being imported into the UK. It was estimated that in the year 1862 about 9 million gallons (40,915 m3) of petroleum oil was imported from the United States. Concerns about the safe storage of petroleum and some of its flammable products, and the associated risks of fire and explosion, led to the passing of the UK's first Petroleum Act in 1862.The ''Petroleum Act 1862'' (25 & 26 Vict. c. 66) Petroleum Act 1862 The Petroleum Act 1862 received royal assent on 29 July 1862. Its preamble reads 'whereas it is expedient to provide for the safe-keeping of petroleum and certain products thereof that are dangerous to life and property, from their properties of giving off inflammable vapours at low temperatures. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum (Amendment) Act 1928
The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. 32) is a UK Act of Parliament to consolidate the enactments relating to petroleum and petroleum-spirit. It specified and updated the conditions for the granting of licenses for keeping petroleum spirit; the labelling of containers for petroleum spirit; its transport; and regulations for certain uses. Background The Petroleum Act 1871 was still the principal Act controlling the licensing, storage and use of petroleum and petroleum products in the late 1920s. It was recognised that considerable changes had taken place since 1871 in the use of petroleum such as the development of the motor car and the increased use of petrol by the public. It had also become difficult for local authorities to administer the law as it was distributed over a number of Acts, and partly because the Act of 1871 was seen as not being well drafted and difficulties had arisen over interpretation. The original Petroleum Act 1862 defined Petroleum Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbour Authority
In Canada and the United States, a port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure. In Canada, the federal Minister of Transport selects the local chief executive board member and the rest of the board is appointed at the recommendation of port users to the federal Minister; while all Canadian port authorities have a federal or Crown charter called ''Letters Patent''. Numerous Caribbean nations have port authorities, including those of Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Central and South America also have port agencies such as ''autoridad'' and ''consorcio'' (authority and consortium). In Mexico, the federal government created sixteen port administrations in 1994–1995 called ''Admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locomotives On Highways Act 1896
The Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 removed the strict rules and UK speed limits that were included in the earlier Locomotive Acts which had greatly restricted the adoption of motorised vehicles in the United Kingdom. It came into operation on 14 November 1896. Background The powerful railways lobby and those with interests in transport using horse-drawn vehicles advocated the original Locomotive Acts which imposed very low speed limits and other restrictions on the use of "locomotives" and motorcars on the UK public highways. Motor car enthusiasts strongly urged the removal of these restrictions on motorcars. The Mayor of Tunbridge Wells, Sir David Salomons, organized the first automobile exhibition to be held on 15 October 1895 in his local agricultural society's showgrounds. On the day the ground was too soft so he led the vehicles out onto the road from the showground to the town. "Not one of the horses so much as lifted an eye as the horseless carriages sped somewhat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in others that is a separate step. Under a modern constitutional monarchy, royal assent is considered little more than a formality. Even in nations such as the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein and Monaco which still, in theory, permit their monarch to withhold assent to laws, the monarch almost never does so, except in a dire political emergency or on advice of government. While the power to veto by withholding royal assent was once exercised often by European monarchs, such an occurrence has been very rare since the eighteenth century. Royal assent is typically associated with elaborate ceremony. In the United Kingdom the Sovereign may appear personally in the House of Lords or may appoint Lords Commissioners, who announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum Act
Petroleum Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used internationally for legislation relating to petroleum. List Bahamas * The Petroleum Act 1971 Bangladesh * The Petroleum Act 1934 India * The Petroleum Act 1934 Iran * The Petroleum Act 1987 Ireland * The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 Jamaica * The Petroleum Act 1979 Kenya * The Petroleum Act 2019 Malawi * The Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act 1984 Malaysia *The Petroleum Development Act 1974 *The Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974 *The Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 *The Petroleum Mining Act 1966 *The Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984 New Zealand * The Petroleum Act 1937 Nigeria * The Petroleum Act 1969 Norway * The Petroleum Act 1996 Thailand * The Petroleum Act 1971 Trinidad and Tobago * The Petroleum Act 1969 United Kingdom *The Petroleum Act 1998 (c 17) *The Petroleum Royalties (Relief) and Continental S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum Act 1879
The Petroleum Act 1879 ( 42 & 43 Vict. c. 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which continued and amended the Petroleum Act 1871. Background The storage and transport of petroleum and petroleum products had been controlled by the Petroleum Acts 1862 to 1871. By 1879 the provisions of the 1871 Act needed to be updated. The Petroleum Act 1871 was time-limited, it expired on 1 October 1872 (1871 Act Section 18). The 1871 Act was continued by annual statutes until 1879. Section 4 of the Petroleum Act 1879 enacted that the 1871 Act shall continue in force until otherwise directed by Parliament. The Petroleum Act 1871 had defined petroleum as a substance that gives off an inflammable vapour at less than 100 °F (37.8 °C). It was expedient to apply a more stringent standard and to redefine petroleum as that which gives off an inflammable vapour at less than 73 °F (22.8 °C). The test equipment and test methods required to determine the flamma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum Act 1926
The Petroleum Act 1926 ( 16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amends and extends the Petroleum Acts 1871 and 1879. Background The Petroleum Acts 1871 and 1879 were still the principal Acts controlling the licensing, storage and use of petroleum and petroleum products in the late 1920s. It was recognised that a considerable number of changes had taken place since the 1870s in the use of petroleum such as the development of the motor car and the increased use of petrol by the public. These included the storage and use of petroleum spirit for motor vehicles, motor boats, aircraft and other engines. In 1913 the London Fire Brigade attended 50 instances of the overflow or leakage of petrol and 23 incidents of fire or explosion involving petrol. In 1920 the corresponding numbers were 77 overflows and 146 fires. It was also expedient to included other substances such as methylated spirit, ether, carbon disulphide, tetraethyl-lead used as addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petroleum (Transfer Of Licences) Act 1936
The Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 ( 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which empowered local authorities, that had granted licences to keep petroleum spirit, to transfer a licence to another person or persons. The Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 4 (N.I.)) is an act of Parliament of Northern Ireland which made provision for the transfer of petroleum spirit licences in Northern Ireland. Background The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 had prohibited the keeping of petroleum spirit without a licence.Hansard, House of Lords Debates , 01 July 1936 vol 101 cc374-5 Local authorities were empowered under the 1928 act to grant petroleum-spirit licences, and they could attach such conditions as they thought expedient to such licences. In the case of a change of ownership of premises the licensing authority would transfer the licence to the new occupier. However, legal advice by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Fire Safety Legislation In The United Kingdom
The history of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom formally covers the period from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 but is founded in the history of such legislation in England and Wales, and Scotland before 1708, and that of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800. While much British legislation applied to the United Kingdom as a whole, Scotland and Northern Ireland often had their own versions of the legislation, with slight differences. United Kingdom legislation before 1922 remained in force in the Irish Free State after its independence in that year. Legislation from predecessor states At the time of the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801, England, Scotland, and Great Britain had some legislation already in place dealing with the issues of fire safety. Kingdom of England As a result of the Great Fire of London, which started on 2 September 1666, it was soon clear that the wooden construction of London's build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
