Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1997)RegulationsRegulations regarding Petroleum Products Site and Retail Licences1. Definitions |
In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have the meaning so assigned and unless the context indicates otherwise—
"certified copy"
means a photocopy of an original document that has been—
(a) | attested as a true copy of the original and is marked with the words "original seen" or "true copy of original document"; and |
(b) | signed and stamped by a commissioner of oaths contemplated in the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act, 1963 (Act No. 16 of 1963); |
"competent authority or person"
means the relevant authority or person in terms of the applicable law;
"Controller"
means the Controller of Petroleum Products contemplated in Section 3(1) of the Act;
"declaration"
means an affidavit, affirmation or solemn or attested declaration made before and signed in front of a commissioner of oaths contemplated in the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act, 1963 (Act No. 16 of 1963);
"net present value"
means a generally accepted method used to determine economic viability by considering future streams of revenues and costs of a business activity discounted into equivalent present values;
"permit holder"
means any person who has written permission contemplated in section 2A(4)(b) of the Act to develop a site on publicly owned land;
"petroleum products"
means, in these Regulations, liquefied petroleum gas used for the propulsion of vehicles, petrol and diesel;
"site licence"
means a licence issued to a person who holds land or has permission from the owner of the land to develop a site for the purpose of retailing petroleum products;
"temporary Iicence"
means a licence issued in terms of section 2B(5) of the Act;
"the Act"
means the Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1977), as amended;
"the Amendment Acts"
means the Petroleum Products Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 58 of 2003), and the Petroleum Products Amendment Act, 2005 (Act No. 2 of 2005);
"training"
means learnerships contemplated in Section 16 of the Skills Development Act, $998 (Act No. 97 of 1998) and "trained" has a corresponding meaning.