Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1977)RegulationsRegulations regarding Petroleum Products Specifications and Standards for Implementation : effective 01 September 20231. 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—
"additive"
means a substance intentionally added to a petroleum product in trace or small quantities in order to improve one or more of the petroleum product's performance or storage stability, its performance in an engine, or a reduction of the emissions from an engine powered by that petroleum product;
"aromatics"
means a group of hydrocarbons that contain a benzene ring in their molecular structure;
"bio-ethanol"
means ethanol derived from plant material (including crops, agricultural and forestry residues), animal residues, industrial and domestic/municipal waste as well as other organic and/or renewable resources. The ethanol must conform to the applicable South African National Standard;
"biodiesel"
means a renewable fuel or fuel component derived from plant material (including crops, agricultural and forestry residues), animal residues, industrial and domestic/municipal waste as well as other organic and/or renewable resources. This renewable fuel or fuel component must conform to the applicable South African National Standard;
"blend"
means a mixture of two or more compatible petroleum products having different properties, where one of the petroleum products is a biofuel and the other is petroleum diesel or a petroleum petrol, in order to produce a final petroleum product with desired attributes;
"bowser"
means an apparatus erected on a site for the purposes of dispensing petrol or diesel into a motor vehicle;
"Controller"
means the Controller of Petroleum Products as contemplated in section 3(1) of the Act;
"end-consumer"
means a person acquiring a petroleum product for own consumption;
"grade"
means the classification of a petroleum product according to its chemical composition and characteristics such as its RON, sulphur content, additive content and the quantity or proportion thereof;
"label"
means a marking displayed on a bowser at a site that specifies the grade of petrol or diesel dispensed from that bowser;
"licensee"
means a person to whom the Controller has issued a manufacturing, wholesale or retail licence in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
"low-sulphur grade diesel"
means diesel with a sulphur content of not more than 10 ppm or parts per million
"metal-containing unleaded petrol'
means petrol containing metal-based additives, other than lead with a RON of 93 or 95;
"metal-free unleaded petrol'
means petrol that does not contain any metal-based additives, with a RON of 93 or 95;
"petroleum products"
means, for the purpose of these Regulations, petrol, diesel and biofuel;
"RON"
means research octane number which is a measure indicating the capacity of petrol to prevent engine knocking at low speed;
"SANS"
means the South African National Standard approved by the South African Bureau of Standards, in terms of the Standards Act, 2008 (Act No. 8 of 2008);
"the Act"
means the Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1977);
"unleaded petrol" or "ULP"
means petrol that does not contain lead based additives with a RON of 93 or 95; and
"v/v"
means volume by volume.