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(b) The depot shall not be situated within or attached to a building which is a protected work unless the wall of the building on the side on which the openings of the depot are placed is a screen-wall above, and to a lateral distance of 10 ft. on either side of, the openings of the depot.
(c) A depot situated within or at a distance less than 10 ft. from another building shall not be licensed to store dangerous goods exceeding in quantity 800 gallons.
(d) The depot shall be separated as follows from all protected buildings and works:—

31. Subject to the provisions of subclause (a) of the last-preceding regulation, dangerous goods contained in approved iron or steel drums or barrels exceeding 10 gallons in capacity may be stored in a depot consisting of a compound of clay or clean binding earth, brick, or concrete, and situated at a distance from any protected work measured from the nearest wall of the compound—
    (a) Not less than 50 ft. where the total quantity of dangerous goods stored does not exceed 200 gallons:
    (b) Not less than 60 ft. where the total quantity of dangerous goods exceeds 200 gallons but does not exceed 800 gallons:
    (c) Not less than 100 ft. where the total quantity of dangerous goods stored exceeds 800 gallons.
    Such depot may form part of a wood and iron or other approved building, provided that the latter is adequately ventilated, or it may be protected with a sun-roof of wood and iron, or other approved material.

32. Notwithstanding anything in this Part of these regulations, dangerous goods may be kept on licensed premises in an approved place other than a depot, provided that such dangerous goods are kept in a movable tank receptacle of a kind approved by the Chief Inspector, and containing not more than 60 gallons.

33. Every occupier of licensed premises shall comply with the following rules:—
    (a) There shall be kept upon the licensed premises a supply of sand or other approved means of preventing and extinguishing a petroleum fire:
    (b) Such appliances shall be kept in efficient condition to the satisfaction of an Inspector:
    (c) Such appliances shall be distributed about the premises so as to be immediately available for dealing with any dangerous goods spilled or ignited.

34. Every occupier of premises where dangerous goods are stored and every person in and about the same shall comply with the following general rules, and every such occupier shall keep a copy of the said rules posted in a conspicuous place in the premises:—
    (a) Except as specially provided in the license, all dangerous goods received upon the premises shall be at once placed in a depot or other approved storage-place, and any dangerous goods removed from a depot or storage-place for delivery shall be at once removed from the premises.
    (b) Every depot shall be used exclusively for the keeping of dangerous goods and such other goods as may be approved by an Inspector, and the packages in which the goods are contained.
    (c) No explosives, or anything liable to spontaneous ignition or combustion, and no fire or light, except an artificial light of an approved construction and character which will not ignite inflammable vapour, shall be placed, brought, or allowed to remain within 50 ft. of any depot or of any dangerous goods in the premises, unless such depot or dangerous goods are separated from such explosive, thing, fire, or light by a screen-wall.
    (d) Except as provided in the license, all dangerous goods on the premises shall be kept in closed vessels of metal or other approved material. Every such vessel shall be so substantially constructed and maintained that no leakage whatever of liquid or vapour can take place therefrom. Dangerous goods of Class I shall not be delivered from any container in a depot or other building by gravity flow through a tap, valve, siphon, or other device permitting gravity flow of liquid.
    (e) A vessel containing dangerous goods shall not, save as is provided in the license, be opened on the premises except in the open air, and then not in the immediate vicinity of any depot. Such vessel shall be opened only for the time necessary for drawing-off the dangerous goods, and during such drawing-off every reasonable precaution shall be adopted for preventing the escape of dangerous goods or vapour therefrom:
    Provided that this shall not prohibit the opening of a drum or other container for the purpose of affixing a flame-proof connection through which the goods may be pumped through hose or pipe connection to a position outside the depot.
    (f) No dangerous goods shall be conveyed in or about the premises, except in closed vessels or by means of closed pipes so constructed and connected as to be entirely free from leakage.
    (g) Every vessel containing dangerous goods and every outer package containing the same shall be marked or labelled as required by these regulations.
    (h) No dangerous goods shall be received or delivered from the premises, except between the hours of sunrise and sunset, unless an artificial light of an approved construction and character is used.
    (i) No person under the age of fourteen years shall be allowed inside any depot.
    (j) No quantity of dangerous goods in excess of that specified in the license shall be kept in the premises.
    (k) No person shall bring any matches into any depot or place where dangerous goods of Class I are exposed, or smoke in the vicinity of any depot or any place where dangerous goods, whether contained in packages or not, are being used or handled.
    (l) All due precautions shall be taken for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion, for the prevention of the escape of dangerous goods into any sewer or drain, and for the prevention of unauthorized persons having access to the dangerous goods kept in the premises; and no person shall do any act whatever which tends to cause fire or explosion.

(b) Storage of Dangerous Goods of Classes I, II, and IV, in Underground Tanks.

35. Every underground tank and all pumps, pipes, and fittings thereof shall be strongly constructed of the best materials, and the construction and fitting-up shall be subject to the approval of an Inspector of the licensing authority in whose district the tank is situated. Before the installation