Exemptions
19. (1) Any person who carries on business with the public or provides police services, and operates a container refill centre or a filling plant or both, for the exclusive use of that person, is exempt from section 12 of the Act if the person,  (a) applies to the Director for approval to operate the container refill centre or filling plant; and (b) complies with this section and subsections 15 (12) to (17). (2) An applicant under clause (1) (a) shall, (a) submit an application in the form required by the Director; (b) provide a letter from the municipality where the container refill centre or filling plant, as the case may be, is located indicating that the use of it for its intended purpose does not contravene the zoning by-laws of the municipality; (c) submit a legible plan in triplicate showing, (i) the location of each propane storage tank, cylinder storage facility, underground piping or tubing and other propane handling facilities within the container refill centre or filling plant, (ii) the distance from each propane storage tank and cylinder storage facility to the property lines of the centre or plant, (iii) each building or structure located within 50 feet of a propane storage tank, (iv) the location of each site where flammable or combustible substances are stored, (v) the capacity in USWG of each propane storage tank within the centre or plant, and (vi) any other relevant information; (d) submit a pre-installation site checksheet confirming that the site complies with Branch Standard No. 9. (3) The Director shall give approval for the applicant to operate a container refill centre or filling plant if, (a) the applicant complies with subsection (2); and (b) the centre or plant complies with the applicable provisions of Part 10 of Canadian Gas Association Standard CAN/CGA B149.2-M95 as adopted in Part I of the Code. (4) A person to whom the Director has given approval to operate a container refill centre or filling plant shall not make an addition or alteration to it unless the person has applied for and received the written permission of the Director. (5) The Director shall give the written permission under subsection (4) if, in his or her opinion, the addition or alteration meets the requirements of this Regulation and is not inconsistent with the applicable municipal by-laws. (6) An applicant under subsection (4) shall, (a) set out in the application all details of the addition or alteration proposed; (b) provide a letter from the municipality under clause (2) (b) if the addition or alteration affects compliance with the municipality’s zoning by-laws; and (c) provide a new plan under clause (2) (c) if the addition or alteration entails any changes to the plan previously provided under that clause or a predecessor of it. (7) No person shall operate a container refill centre or a filling plant if an addition or alteration to it is made without the Director’s written permission. (8) A person to whom the Director has given approval to operate a container refill centre or a filling plant shall ensure that each employee of the holder who handles propane, each person who is authorized to transfer propane to a container and each person to whom the holder issues an access code, card or key to dispense propane is trained, (a) in the safe handling of propane, including the safe operation and use of propane dispensing equipment; and (b) in the use of emergency shut-down switches, valves and procedures in respect of propane. O. Reg. 514/96, s. 19. Inspections