8Restrictions on sale and use of rationed petroleum products

8 Restrictions on sale and use of rationed petroleum products

(1)  Subject to any exemption, a person must not, during a rationing period, sell rationed petroleum products except to a permit holder.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units in the case of a natural person; fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units in the case of any other person.

(2)  Subject to any exemption, a person, other than a permit holder, must not purchase rationed petroleum products during a rationing period.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(3)  This section does not apply to the sale of rationed petroleum products to, or the purchase of rationed petroleum products by, a person who carries on the business of trading in petroleum products and purchases the petroleum products in the ordinary course of that business.