Section 39 of the Construction and Use Regulations 1986 relates to fuel tanks
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Originally Posted by ammendment 5 of the regs
- Amendments to regulation 39
- 3. For the cross heading to regulation 39 there shall be substituted "Fuel tanks".
- 4. For regulation 39(1) there shall be substituted—
- " (1) This regulation applies to every fuel tank which is fitted to a wheeled vehicle for the purpose of supplying fuel to the propulsion unit or to an ancillary engine or to any other equipment forming part of the vehicle.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), every fuel tank to which this regulation applies—- (a) shall be constructed and maintained so that the leakage of any liquid from the tank is adequately prevented;
- (b) shall be constructed and maintained so that the leakage of vapour from the tank is adequately prevented; and
- (c) if it contains petroleum spirit (as defined in section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 192
 [4] and is fitted to a vehicle first used on or after 1st July 1973, shall be—- (i) made only of metal; and
- (ii) fixed in such a position and so maintained as to be reasonably secure from damage.
(3) Notwithstanding the requirement of paragraph (2)(b), the fuel tank may be fitted with a device which, by the intake of air or the emission of vapour, relieves changes of pressure in the tank." .
- 5. Regulation 39(2) shall be renumbered as regulation 39(4) and in that paragraph for "paragraph (1)" there shall be substituted "paragraphs (2) and (3)".
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport
6th November 1990
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)- These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.
- The requirement that petrol tanks fitted to vehicles and used for the propulsion of the vehicles must be so constructed and maintained that the leakage of any liquid or vapour is adequately prevented is amended to apply to all fuel tanks.
- Drafting amendments have also been made.
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But fortuanetly for thos of you with plastic tanks
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Originally Posted by Ammendment 8
Amendments to regulation 39 (fuel tanks)
3. In regulation 39— - (a) in paragraph (2), after "paragraphs (3)" there shall be inserted ", (3A)"; and
(b) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—" (3A) Sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph 2(c) shall not have effect in relation to a two-wheeled motor cycle (with or without a side-car) first used on or after 1st February 1993."
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So yes BB, this also applies to buses. and where observed dumping fuel, they are in breach of the C&U regs and can be fined and a defect notice issued.