Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 23rd December, 2014.

I, GERALD NASH, Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 36 and 37(3) of the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 (No. 10 of 1972) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 245 of 2011 )) and the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 545 of 2014 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2015.

2. The Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) Regulations 1979 to 2012 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) Regulations 1979 to 2014 and shall be construed together as one.

3. In these Regulations "Regulations of 2012" means the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 528 of 2012 ).

4. The Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 311 of 1979 ) are amended-

(a) in Regulation 4 (inserted by Regulation 3(f) of the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 ( S.I. No. 303 of 1988 )), by substituting for paragraph (2) (inserted by Regulation 4(a) of the Regulations of 2012) the following:

"(2) Paragraph 1(i) of this Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016",

and

(b) by substituting for Schedule 7 (inserted by Regulation 4(b) of the Regulations of 2012) the following:

"SCHEDULE 7

Regulation 4

FORM OF LICENCE TO KEEP PETROLEUM CLASS I AT

RETAIL STORE OR PRIVATE STORE

Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores)

Regulations 1979 to 2014

Register No. ..............

Total quantity authorised ..............

Fee paid ..............

Licence to keep petroleum Class I at Retail Store/Private Store

Name of Licensing Authority ..............

Address of Licensing Authority ..............

Licensee’s Name ..............

Licensee’s Trade or Business ..............

Licensee’s Address ..............

Location of proposed petroleum Retail Store/Private Store

..............

The................................................................., being the licensing authority under the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 , grants this licence authorising petroleum Class I (petroleum spirit) to be kept for the period not exceeding ............................................................................................................................ from ........................................................... 20......................, at the petroleum retail store/private store at the above-named location, subject to that Act and any order and regulations made under or continued by that Act and in force for the time being, and subject also to any applicable bye-laws and to the conditions annexed hereto.

Signed-

Date-

Conditions of issue of this licence-

(1) This store will not be eligible for a licence after 31 December 2016 unless it meets fully the requirements of the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 , the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) Regulations 1979 to 2014 and any subsequent Regulations amending those Regulations.

(2) The following conditions must be observed-

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)".

GIVEN under my hand,

16 December 2014.

GERALD NASH,

Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise andInnovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) Regulations 1979 and extend, until 31 December 2016, the authority to license, in certain circumstances, petrol stations which were constructed before 28 September, 1979.

These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.