Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (PETROL FILLING STATIONS) (VAPOUR RECOVERY) REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/04/1999).

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-

"certificate" (證書)-

   (a)  means a certificate issued under section 5;

   (b)  (Repealed L.N. 218 of 2004)

"competent examiner" (合資格檢驗師) means a registered professional
engineer in the building services, gas, chemical, environmental, marine and
naval architecture or mechanical discipline under the Engineers Registration 
Ordinance ( Cap 409);

"existing petrol filling station" (現存油站) means a
petrol filling station which was in operation immediately before the
relevant date;

"latest certificate" (最新近的證書), in relation to a regulated vehicle
or petrol filling station, means the most recent certificate-

   (a)  issued in respect of the vehicle or station, as the case may be; and

   (b)  received by the owner of the vehicle or station, as the case may be;

"operator" (操作員) means a person who is engaged in the unloading of
petrol from a regulated vehicle to a petrol storage tank;

"owner" (擁有人), in relation to a petrol filling station, includes a
person who owns part of the station;

"petrol delivery tank" (運油缸) means a tank in a regulated vehicle from
which petrol is unloaded into a petrol storage tank;

"petrol dispenser" (加油機) means an installation in a
petrol filling station-

   (a)  used or intended to be used for dispensing petrol into the fuel tank
        of a motor vehicle (whether or not also for dispensing petrol into any
        other container);

   (b)  designed or constructed for housing a petrol meter and any above
        ground level petrol and vapour recovery piping; and

   (c)  designed or constructed for hanging a petrol pump nozzle; (L.N. 218 of
        2004)

"petrol filling station" (油站)-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), means premises equipped with an installation
        designed or constructed to dispense petrol, either directly or through
        a separate container, into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or a
        vessel;

   (b)  does not include such premises served by barges;

"petrol storage tank" (貯油缸)-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), means a storage tank in a petrol 
        filling station into which petrol from a regulated vehicle is
        unloaded, whether in the form of a bulk storage tank or 2 or more
        storage tanks;

   (b)  does not include such tanks which store petrol for a specified
        process;

"Phase I vapour recovery system" (第I期汽體回收系統) means a system
which is designed or constructed in such a way that petrol vapour displaced
from a petrol storage tank in the course of unloading petrol into the tank is
recovered by the system in the petrol delivery tank from which petrol is being
unloaded; (L.N. 218 of 2004)

"Phase II vapour recovery system" (第II期汽體回收系統) means a system
which is designed or constructed in such a way that by means of a vacuum
created by a mechanical pump installed in the system, petrol vapour displaced
from the fuel tank of a motor vehicle in the course of dispensing petrol into
the tank is recovered via a coaxial dispensing hose installed in the system in
the petrol storage tank from which petrol is being dispensed; (L.N. 218 of
2004) "pressure/vacuum valve" (調壓排氣閥) means a dual purpose valve-

   (a)  with pressure settings in accordance with the manufacturer's
        specifications; and

   (b)  which allows relatively small pressure increases or decreases to occur
        within a petrol storage tank or pipe to which it is connected without
        allowing vapour venting to the atmosphere or air in-breathing into the
        tank or pipe;

"regulated vehicle" (受管制車輛) means a motor vehicle which is
constructed or adapted primarily for the delivery of petrol and is used to
deliver petrol to a petrol filling station situated in Hong Kong whether for
retail or not;

"relevant date" (有關日期) means 31 March 2005; (L.N. 218 of 2004)

"vapour recovery system" (汽體回收系統)-

   (a)  in relation to a regulated vehicle, means any Phase I vapour 
        recovery system with which the vehicle is installed;

   (b)  in relation to a petrol filling station, means-

        (i)    all Phase I vapour recovery systems with which the station is
               installed; and

        (ii)   all Phase II vapour recovery systems with which the station is
               installed. (L.N. 218 of 2004) (L.N. 218 of 2004)

"certificate" (證書)

"competent examiner" (合資格檢驗師)

"existing petrol filling station" (現存油站)

"latest certificate" (最新近的證書)

"operator" (操作員)

"owner" (擁有人)

"petrol delivery tank" (運油缸)

"petrol dispenser" (加油機)

"petrol filling station" (油站)-

"petrol storage tank" (貯油缸)

"Phase I vapour recovery system" (第I期汽體回收系統)

"Phase II vapour recovery system" (第II期汽體回收系統)
"pressure/vacuum valve" (調壓排氣閥)

"regulated vehicle" (受管制車輛)

"relevant date" (有關日期)

"vapour recovery system" (汽體回收系統)