Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry

Petroleum Sector

Substantive Agreement 2025/2028

Chapter 1

1. Scope of Agreement
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This agreement applies to all employers whose industry/operations includes:

 

(a)The acquisition, importation, manufacture, supply, distribution, storage, or blending of any finished or partly finished petroleum product;

 

(b)The acquisition, importation, storage, or use of any feedstock;

 

(c)All operations concerned with the exploration for testing of natural gas deposits;

 

(d)Oil well and gas well operations and the drilling, and completing of equipping such wells;

 

(e)The storage and marketing of a petroleum product including liquid petroleum gas, to resellers, agents, distributors and end users;

 

And all operations incidental to these activities

 

The following activities are, however, excluded from the definition of the category "Petroleum"

 

i.The storage or marketing of any petroleum product by service station, co-operative in terms of the co-operative Act, 1981, and sellers of illuminating paraffin;

 

ii.The mere transportation of any petroleum product, i.e., where the person affecting the transport does not—
(1)Acquire, supply or market such product;
(2)Manufacture, blend or import such product;
(3)Store or intend to store such product;

 

iii.The acquisition, importation, storage, or consumption of a petroleum product by the end consumer thereof;

 

iv.The manufacture and supply of any chemical additive to be used to manufacture petroleum products;

 

v.The activities in which either the National Bargaining Council for the Motor Industry or the Transnet Bargaining Council have Jurisdiction.