Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1977) Regulations Regulations regarding Petroleum Products Specifications and Standards for Implementation : effective 01 September 2023 1. 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.