Description

You may apply for a site and retail licence with the Department of Energy if you want to buy or sell petroleum products at a licensed site to members of the public.

Please note: A retailer is allowed to purchase petroleum products from a licensed manufacture or wholesaler.

The licence will be valid for as long as your business is operating. 

Steps to follow

• Complete:
  
  • Application for site or retail licence, DE 29 and  
  • Retail licence annual information (Submission Form), DE 26 obtainable from the Department of Energy.
  • Send the application forms to the Department of Energy.

Legal framework

(Documents are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

Petroleum Products Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No 58 of 2003) 

Regulations Regarding Site and Retail Licences

• Import and Export
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale
• Retail

Service standard

The Controller must make a decision within a period of 90 days.

• Provided that in the:
• case of an application for a licence by an applicant in respect of whom the retailing facility is existing or is in the process of development, the period commences from the date of acceptance of the application
• case of an application for a licence by an applicant in respect of whom the retailing facility does no exist at the time of commencement of the Petroleum Products Amendment Act, No 58 2003), the period of 90 days commences from the date of receipt of the proof of publication of the notice
• in the first six months after the commencement of these Regulations, the period is 250 days.

Cost

• R500 for the retail licence annual information
• R1000 Site licence application fee
• R500 Retail licence application fee

Contact details