Mandatory Prepayment for Fuel

WHEREAS Grants Law was conceived as a mandatory prepayment system for fuel purchased at night from service stations in urban areas, but has been implemented by WorkSafe BC as section 4.22.2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, which applies to all fuel outlets throughout the province, 24 hours a day; AND WHEREAS mandatory prepayment: - can require a complicated series of transactions to fill vehicles, especially larger vehicles when 100 transaction limits are imposed automatically by pay at the pump dispensers - can impose credit strain and card security concerns on customers - has caused difficulties for operators in rural or remote areas where they are challenged to respond to the requirements of the regulation: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities lobby the provincial government to enact regulatory changes to section 4.22.2 of the WorkSafe BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, in order to make prepayment for fuel optional at non-urban service stations and to provide flexibility so that non-urban service stations may develop and implement procedures more appropriate to their operations.