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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS (NO. 36 OF 1997) - REG 9

9. (1) For the purposes of clause 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act, sulfur is a prescribed constituent of fuel oil and the proportion of sulfur that may be present in fuel oil shall not exceed—

        (a)     in the case of fuel oil used on premises on which there is erected equipment capable of consuming fuel oil, either alone or with another substance, at a rate of not more than 200 kilograms an hour—0.5% by weight; or

        (b)     in the case of fuel oil used on premises on which there is erected equipment capable of consuming fuel oil, either alone or with another substance, at a rate of more than 200 kilograms an hour—1.0% by weight.

(2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), fuel oil containing a higher proportion of sulfur than that referred to in paragraph (1) (a) or (b) may be used on premises if the equipment in which the oil is used is fitted with control equipment of such a kind that the emission from the equipment is not greater than the emission that would be emitted from the equipment if fuel oil with a sulfur content of not more than 0.5% or 1.0%, as the case requires, were used.

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