Petroleum Act 1879

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Petroleum Act 1879 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to continue and amend the Petroleum Act, 1871.
Citation 42 & 43 Vict. c. 47
Territorial extent 
  • England and Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
Dates
Royal assent 11 August 1879
Commencement 31 December 1879 [2]
Repealed4 August 1928
Other legislation
Amends Petroleum Act 1871
Repealed by Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Petroleum Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 47) [3] is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which continued and amended the Petroleum Act 1871.

Contents

Background

The storage and transport of petroleum and petroleum products had been controlled by the Petroleum Acts 1862 to 1871. By 1879 the provisions of the 1871 act needed to be updated.

The Petroleum Act 1871 was time-limited and expired on 1 October 1872 (1871 act Section 18). [4] The 1871 act was continued by annual statutes until 1879. Section 4 of the Petroleum Act 1879 enacted that the 1871 act would continue in force until otherwise directed by Parliament.

The Petroleum Act 1871 had defined petroleum as a substance that gives off "an inflammable [flammable] vapour at less than 100 °F" (37.8 °C), [4] though a more stringent standard later redefined petroleum as anything giving off a flammable vapour at less than 73 °F (22.8 °C). The test equipment and test methods required to determine the flammable vapour temperature were modified as defined in schedule 1 of the 1879 act. [3] The act mandated use of the Abel test developed by the chemist Frederick Abel at the government's request. [5]

Petroleum Act 1879

The Petroleum Act 1879 received royal assent on 11 August 1879. Its long title is 'An Act to continue and amend the Petroleum Act 1871'.

Provisions

The Act comprises six sections and two schedules: [3]

Aftermath

The Conservators of the River Thames made bye-laws under the 1879 Act prohibiting any ship carrying petroleum from approaching London west of Thames Haven. [6] [7]

The 1879 act remained in force until repealed (in the UK) by the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928.

The Petroleum Act 1879 applied to Ireland and remained a statute of the Republic of Ireland until 1972 when it was repealed by the Dangerous Substances Act 1972. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ This short title was given to this act by section 1 of this act.
  2. ↑ Petroleum Act 1879, section 5
  3. 1 2 3 "The Metropolis Local Management Acts". google books. pp. 621–5. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "The Metropolis Local Management Acts". google books. pp. 612–20. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Hazardous Chemicals: Agents of Risk and Change, 1800-2000, edited by Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel (Berghahn Books, 2019), p. 30.
  6. ↑ Cracknell, B. E. (1952). "The petroleum industry of the lower Thames and Medway". Geography. 37:2: 79–88.
  7. ↑ "Miscellaneous". The Times. 26 October 1895. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Dangerous Substances Act 1972". irishstatutebook. 1972. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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