Section 1 definitions of "antiknock index", "grade", "motor octane number" and "research octane number" were added by BC Reg 346/2010, effective December 6, 2010.
Section 1 definition of "additive compliance record", paragraph (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 48/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
(a) a written record, prepared in accordance with Note 12 of the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.5–2004 Unleaded Automotive Gasoline, of deposit control additive, added to the gasoline to meet the requirements of section 6.19 of that Standard, or
Section 1 definition of "deposit control additive" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 48/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
"deposit control additive" means deposit control additive as the term is used in the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB-3.5-2004 Unleaded Automotive Gasoline;
Section 2 (1) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 346/2010, effective December 6, 2010.
(1) A primary distributor must not possess for sale in British Columbia gasoline which does not comply with the standards for gasoline under this Part.
Section 4 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 346/2010, effective December 6, 2010.
Vapour pressure
4 (1) A primary distributor must not possess gasoline for sale in the Lower Fraser Valley during the period from April 15 to May 31 and from September 1 to September 15 in each year if the gasoline has a vapour pressure greater than 72 kiloPascals.
(2) A primary distributor must not possess gasoline for sale in the Lower Fraser Valley during the period from June 1 to July 15 and from August 15 to August 31 in each year if the gasoline has a vapour pressure greater than 62 kiloPascals.
(3) A primary distributor must not possess gasoline for sale in the Lower Fraser Valley during the period from July 16 to August 14 in each year if the gasoline has a vapour pressure greater than 55 kiloPascals.
(4) Despite subsections (1) to (3), if
(a) gasoline contains oxygen greater than 3.4% by weight, and
(b) the oxygen is supplied by alcohols produced wholly from biomass or by ethers where the alcohol component of the ether is produced wholly from biomass,
the maximum gasoline vapour pressure is the maximum value in subsection (1), (2) or (3) plus 7 kiloPascals.
[am. B.C. Reg. 3/2007, s. 3.]
Section 4 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 346/2010, effective January 1, 2013.
(2) A primary distributor must not possess for sale gasoline described in subsection (1) with the grade set out in column 1 of the following table, in the area set out in column 2 opposite that grade for the period set out opposite in column 3, unless the vapour pressure of the gasoline is less than or equal to the sum of the maximum vapour pressure referred to in section 7.13 of the CAN/CGSB 3.511–2005 Oxygenated Unleaded Automotive Gasoline Containing Ethanol plus 7 kiloPascals.
| Item | Column 1 Grade | Column 2 Area | Column 3 Period of time |
| 1 | Grade 1 gasoline | Lower Fraser Valley | during the period starting on April 16 and ending on September 15 in each year |
| 2 | Grade 2, 3 or 4 gasoline | Lower Fraser Valley | during any portion of the calendar year |
| 3 | Grade 1, 2, 3 or 4 gasoline | the Province outside of the Lower Fraser Valley | during any portion of the calendar year |
Section 4 (1) (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 48/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
(c) meets the requirements of CAN/CGSB–3.511–2005 Oxygenated Unleaded Automotive Gasoline Containing Ethanol.
Section 4 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 48/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
(2) A primary distributor must not possess for sale gasoline described in subsection (1) in the Lower Fraser Valley during the period starting on July 16 and ending on August 14 of each year unless the vapour pressure of the gasoline is less than or equal to the sum of the maximum vapour pressure referred to in section 7.13 of the CAN/CGSB 3.511-2005 Oxygenated Unleaded Automotive Gasoline Containing Ethanol plus 7 kiloPascals.
Section 9 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 131/2011, effective July 21,2011.
(b) if the gasoline contains ethanol, the analytical methods referred to in the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB – 3.511 – 2005 "Oxygenated Unleaded Automotive Gasoline Containing Ethanol" must also be used.
Section 9 (1) (c) was added by BC Reg 131/2011 effective July 21,2011.
Section 9 (1) (a), (b) and (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 48/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
(a) the analytical methods referred to in the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.5–2004 Unleaded Automotive Gasoline must be used,
(b) if the gasoline contains an amount of ethanol that is 10% or less by volume of the amount of gasoline, the analytical methods referred to in the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.511–2005 Oxygenated Unleaded Automotive Gasoline Containing Ethanol must be used in addition to the analytical methods set out in paragraph (a), and
(c) if the gasoline contains an amount of ethanol that is 50 to 85% by volume of the amount of gasoline, the analytical methods referred to in the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.512–2011 Automotive Ethanol Fuel (E50–E85) must be used, in addition to the analytical methods set out paragraph (a).
Schedule 1, section 1 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 48/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
1 For the purpose of section 3, the following gasoline standards apply:
(a) the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.5–2004 Standard for Unleaded Automotive Gasoline;
(b) the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.511–2005 Standard for Oxygenated Unleaded Automotive Gasoline Containing Ethanol;
(c) to (e) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 3/2007, s. 7.]
(f) the Canadian General Standards Board Standard CAN/CGSB–3.512–2011 Automotive Ethanol Fuel (E50–E85).