AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS REGULATIONS

No. 7 of 1980

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

These amendments to the Flammable Liquids Regulations supplement the recently enacted Flammable Liquids (Amendment) Ordinance 1980 which introduced a number of safety precautions to be observed at places in the Territory where flammable liquid is dispensed.

These Regulations provide that a dispensing pump shall not be approved for use at such places unless it conforms with the requirements of Rule 5.4 of Australian Standard 1940 as published on 1.9.76.