1.1. Subject to section 49 of the Act, a contractor and an owner-builder are exempt from the application of Chapter IV of the Act as regards the requirement to hold a “1.8 petroleum equipment installation contractor” licence listed in Schedule I of the Regulation respecting the professional qualification of building contractors and owner-builders (chapter B-1.1, r. 9) where(1) the planned construction work involves the installation of an aboveground tank outside the building, if the tank is not connected by piping to an apparatus designed to use, dispense or transfer a petroleum product or to another tank, and the tank’s capacity is(a) less than 2,500 litres for a tank that is to contain gasoline, fuel ethanol or aviation fuel; or
(b) less than 5,000 litres for a tank that is to contain diesel fuel, biodiesel fuel or fuel oil;
(2) the planned construction work involves the installation or removal of an aboveground petroleum equipment installation outside a building when the installation was manufactured and a tank was connected by piping, during the manufacturing, to an apparatus designed to use, dispense or transfer a petroleum product, and the tank’s capacity is(a) less than 2,500 litres for a tank that is to contain gasoline, fuel ethanol or aviation fuel; or
(b) less than 5,000 litres for a tank that is to contain diesel fuel, biodiesel fuel or fuel oil; or
(3) the planned construction work involves the installation, maintenance, repair or alteration of an apparatus that is part of a petroleum equipment installation.