New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATION 1999 - REG 129

129 Depots (tanks) for flammable gases (separation distances)

(1) Subject to this clause, for the purposes of clause 86 a distance set out in Column 2 of the Table to this clause is, in relation to a tank that is a depot for the keeping of flammable gas, a prescribed separation distance from the depot to a work, place, installation or thing (an "exposure") described in Column 1 of the Table opposite the distance.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), if a screen wall is between a depot referred to in subclause (1) and an exposure, and the screen wall is such that the depot is completely obscured from the exposure, then, for the purposes of clause 86 (3), the distance between the depot and the exposure may, with the approval of the WorkCover Authority, be taken to be the distance between them measured around the screen wall.

(3) Subclauses (1) and (2) do not apply to or in respect of the distance between 2 tanks containing flammable gas.

(4) For the purposes of clause 86, the prescribed separation distance between 2 depots being tanks for the keeping of flammable gas is a distance equal to the diameter of the larger tank (or if they are of equal diameter, that diameter) or 3 metres, whichever is the lesser.

(5) For the purposes of clause 86, the prescribed separation distance between:

(a) a depot for the keeping of flammable gas below ambient temperature, and

(b) a protected place or a protected work,

is a distance determined by the WorkCover Authority and specified in the licence for the depot.

Table Separation distance for depots (tanks) for flammable gases

Column 1 Exposure	Column 2 Separation distance (in metres)
Building or structure:
(a) not of fire-resistant construction	15
(b) of fire-resistant construction	3
(c) being a protected work not of fire-resistant construction and not elsewhere specified in this Table	15
Opening into a protected work of fire-resistant construction not elsewhere specified in this Table	15
Above-ground depot for flammable liquid having a licensed capacity:
(a) not exceeding 5 000 litres	8
(b) exceeding 5 000 litres	15
Underground depot for flammable liquid (distance to be measured from vent and fill-pipe)	8
Public place	4
Place where solid materials that burn rapidly, such as wood shavings or paper, are stored	15
Place where solid materials that burn slowly, such as coal or timber, are stored	8

In this Table, "fire-resistant" means having a fire-resistance level of at least 60/240/240.