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Contact Details - Group Manager Petroleum & Explosives - 01274 473770
The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority is responsible for the enforcement of the following Acts and Regulations which pertain to the storage of petroleum-spirit and certain types and quantities of explosives.
Petroleum Fees 2010/11
| Renewal Fees |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| Up to 2,500 litres |
£42.00 |
£84.00 |
£126.00 |
| 2,500 up to 50,000 litres |
£58.00 |
£116.00 |
£174.00 |
| 50,000 litres or above |
£120.00 |
£240.00 |
£360.00 |
| Transfer of Licence or Copy of Licence |
£8.00 |
| Explosive Fees 2010/2011 |
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| Licence to store explosives |
Fee |
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| One years duration |
£178.00 |
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| Registration to store explosives |
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| One years duration |
£105.00 |
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Petrol
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;
Petroleum Spirit (Motor Vehicles etc) Regulations 1929;
Petroleum (Mixtures) Order 1929;
Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936;
Petroleum (Liquid Methane) Order 1957;
Public Health Act 1961 (Section 73 only);
Petroleum Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regulations 1982;
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996 (Regulation 20 only); and
Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR).
Renew Petroleum Licences Online (Opens in a new window)
Explosives
Explosives Act 1875;
Manufacture & Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005;
Fireworks Regulations 2004.
Fireworks Enforcement Liaison Group (FELG) - Disposal of Damaged Fireworks
The main functions of this Authority under the above Acts and Regulations include:
- Granting petroleum licenses, ensuring Conditions of licence and (where applicable) the requirements of DSEAR are complied with. Ensuring (on receipt of notification) that Regulations controlling the keeping of petroleum spirit without a licence are being complied with.
- Ensuring that occupiers/owners of fixed disused petroleum spirit storage tanks fulfil their statutory obligations under S.73 of the 1961 Public Health Act.
- Ensuring that provisions of Regulation 20 to The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996 are complied.
- Granting licenses to store explosives and registering persons storing explosives.
- Granting licences for the 'all-year-round' supply of fireworks.
- Generally ensuring all the relevant provisions of the above Acts & Regulations are being complied with by way of a programmed inspection regime or responding to information received/complaints from other Authorities, employees, customers and members of the public etc.
Our Safety Leaflets are intended to assist employers and other relevant persons in complying with the law. They are split into three groups - Explosives, Petrol Filling Stations & Petrol (General). All are Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
