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Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1997)

Regulations

Regulations regarding Petroleum Products Site and Retail Licences

Chapter 2 : Retail Licences

16. Notice of application for retail licence

 

(1) When an application for a licence as contemplated in regulation 15 is accepted, an applicant in respect of whom section 2D of the Act is not applicable must have a notice of the application published in a prominent manner, in at least two of the most popular newspapers circulating in the area of the proposed activity in two official languages, one of which must be English.

 

(2) The notice contemplated in subregulation (1) must state—
(a) the name of the applicant;
(b) the application number issued by the Controller upon acceptance of the application;
(c) the purpose of the application;
(d) the place where the application will be available for inspection by any member of the public;
(e) the period within which any objection to the issuing of the licence may be lodged with the Controller; and
(f) the address of the Controller where objections may be lodged.

 

(3) The place contemplated in subregulation (2)(d) must be the physical address of the Controller's office where the application was lodged.

 

(4) The period contemplated in subregulation (2)(e) must be at least 20 working days from the date of publication of the notice.

 

(5) Proof of the publication of the notice of application contemplated in subregulation (1) must be submitted to the Controller.