Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No. 120 of 1977)RegulationsRegulations regarding Petroleum Products Specifications and Standards for Implementation : effective 01 September 20238. Labelling specification for petroleum products |
| (1) | A label setting out the fuel specifications of the petroleum product concerned must be displayed on a bowser at a site. |
| (2) | A label contemplated in subregulation (1) must— |
| (a) | have lettering and numbering in a standard and solid font type Arial of a size not smaller than size 55 point reading from left to right, when horizontal, regardless of the orientation of the label; and |
| (b) | be alongside the nozzle and on the same side of the bowser as the information indicating the price of the petroleum product displayed on that bowser. |
| (3) | The petrol or diesel grade dispensed from a bowser must be the petrol or diesel grade specified in the label displayed on that bowser. |
| (4) | The label on the bowser dispensing— |
| (a) | metal-free unleaded petrol grade must be labelled with white lettering and numbering on a green background and must, as appropriate for the grade of petrol dispensed on that bowser, only contain the words and numbers— |
| (i) | "95 Metal-Free ULP" for petrol grade RON 95; or |
| (ii) | "93 Metal-Free ULP for petrol grade RON 93; |
as the case may be;
| (b) | metal-containing unleaded petrol grade must be labelled with white lettering and numbering on an orange background, and must, as appropriate for the grade of petrol dispensed from that bowser, only contain the words and numbers- |
| (i) | "95 Metal-Containing ULP" for petrol grade with an RON 95; or |
| (ii) | "93 Metal-Containing ULP" for petrol grade with a RON of 93; |
as the case may be;
and
| (c) | diesel must be labelled with white lettering and numbering on a black background, and must, as appropriate for the grade of diesel dispensed from that bowser, except in the case of diesel blended with more than 5% biodiesel contemplated in subregulation (5), contain only the words |
| (i) | "Low-Sulphur diesel 10ppm" for low sulphur grade diesel; or |
| (ii) | "Biodiesel B100" for 100% biodiesel |
as the case may be.
| (5) | Diesel blended with more than 5% but less than 100% biodiesel must be labelled with white lettering and numbering on a black background and, as appropriate for the grade of diesel dispensed from that bowser, must contain the additional words and numbers "BX", where "X" will be 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50, as the case may be. |