Restriction on the use of qualify of petroleum oils

(1) No person, installation, factory or combustion plant shall, unless specifically permitted by the Department, combust any petroleum or petroleum oils with a sulfur content of more than 2.00% by mass, the use of quality oils. Provided that if the air quality standards for sulfur dioxide laid down in any relevant legislative provision are respected and 22 the emissions do not contribute to critical loads being exceeded, the Department may authorize heavy fuel oils with a sulfur content of between 1.00% and 3.00% by mass to be used. (2) Any person, installation, factory or combustion plant that contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than twenty thousand dollars and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment