- Home
- Books and Journals
- The Statute Law of the Bahama Islands (1799-1965)
- Title XVII - Ports, Harbours And Shipping
230 Fuel Oil
Author | Ralph Hone |
Pages | #5 |
CHAPTER 230.
FUEL OIL.
AN ACT TO PREVENT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF THE SHIPS OF ANY NATIONALITY BY COMPANIES, FIRMS OR PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE SUPPLY OF FUEL IN THE COLONY.
5 of 1926.
[22nd March 1926.1
-
This Act may be cited as The Fuel Oil Act.
-
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires'oil' means fuel oil for the use of ships, whether burnt under boilers or consumed in internal combustion engines;
'person' includes an agent or manager;
'rules' means rules made under this Act;
'station' means an oil bunkering station, and includes any building or place intended for the storage or supply of oil.
-
It shall not be lawful for any person to establish a station in ithe Colony without first obtaining a licence under this Act.
-
The Governor may make rules(a) imposing conditions under which a licence may be granted;
(b) for the prevention of preferential treatment of ships of any nationality by any person engaged in the supply of oil;
(c) prescribing the form of licence to be issued under this Act;
(d) generally for the purposes of this Act.
-
-(1) The Governor may grant a licence to any person desirous of establishing a station in accordance with this Act, and every such licence shall remain in force until cancelled under this Act.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Licence required to establish station.
Rules.
Power of Governor to grant licences.
(2) No such licence, or any interest thereunder shall be assigned without the written consent of the Governor.
(3) The Governor may at any time on good cause shown cancel any licence granted under this Act.
Contracts contrary to provision of Act, unenforceable.
Penalty and persons liable to same.
-
No action shall be brought upon any contract, agreement or undertaking entered into by any person conflicting with the terms of this Act or the rules or of any licence issued hereunder.
-
-(1) Any person committing a breach of this Act, or the rules, or of the terms of any licence issued hereunder, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable to a fine of two hundred pounds;
and in the case of a company or firm, every director or manager thereof who shall knowingly or wilfully authorise or permit any such breach shall...
To continue reading
Request your trial- The Statute Law of the Bahama Islands (1799-1965)
- Title XVII - Ports, Harbours And Shipping
- 226 Maritime Affairs And) Port Authorities
- 227 Merchant Shipping (bahamas)
- 228 Royal Yacht Squadron Privileges
- 229 Sale Of Merchandise From Vessels (prohibition)
- 230 Fuel Oil
- 231 Abutments
- 232 Abutments (out Islands)
- 233 Union Wharf
- 234 Hatchet Bay Harbour Control
- 235 Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (deep Water Harbour And Industrial Area)
- 236 Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (deep Water Harbour And Industrial Area) (amendment Of Agreement)
Subscribers can access the reported version of this case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a list of all the cited cases and legislation of a document.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a list of all the documents that have cited the case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see the revised versions of legislation with amendments.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see any amendments made to the case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a visualisation of a case and its relationships to other cases. An alternative to lists of cases, the Precedent Map makes it easier to establish which ones may be of most relevance to your research and prioritise further reading. You also get a useful overview of how the case was received.

Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see the list of results connected to your document through the topics and citations Vincent found.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.