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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 457 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":260231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69833,"identifier":"59.1-21.18:2","token":"59.1\/2.2%3A1\/59.1-21.18_2","url":"\/59.1-21.18_2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-21.18_2\/","token":"59.1\/2.2%3A1\/59.1-21.18_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-21.18:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:\n\t\t1.”Petroleum products<\/span>” shall mean kerosene and number one and two heating oils;<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> “Supplier<\/span>” shall mean any person, partnership, company, corporation or association engaged in the refining and subsequent sale of petroleum products<\/span> to any distributor<\/span> in the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> “Distributor<\/span>” shall mean any distributor<\/span>, wholesaler, jobber, consignee or commission agent who purchases or otherwise acquires possession<\/span> of or an interest in petroleum products<\/span> under a contract<\/span> of supply in the Commonwealth from a supplier<\/span> for redistribution or wholesale sale; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> “Monthly allocation<\/span>” shall mean the monthly amount of petroleum products<\/span> sold or otherwise supplied to a distributor<\/span> under applicable U.S. Department of Energy regulations and rules, or which the supplier<\/span> may otherwise be allocating to its distributors<\/span>;\n\t\t\t5.”To discontinue<\/span>” shall mean the failure or refusal to sell a monthly allocation<\/span> as defined herein to a distributor<\/span> for a period of six consecutive months unless such failure or refusal is the direct and proximate result of force majeure<\/span>;\n\t\t\t6.”To reduce<\/span>” shall mean the failure or refusal of a supplier<\/span> to deliver at least seventy-five per centum of a monthly allocation<\/span> to a distributor<\/span> for a period of two consecutive months unless such failure or refusal is the direct and proximate result of an allocation percentage factor applied by the supplier<\/span> to all its distributors<\/span> or force majeure<\/span>;\n\t\t\t7.”Force majeure<\/span>” means an act of God or any other cause not reasonably within the control of the supplier<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-21.18:2)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following\nterms and phrases shall have the following meanings:\n\t\t1.”Petroleum products” shall mean kerosene and number one and two\nheating oils;\n\n2. “Supplier” shall mean any person, partnership, company,\ncorporation or association engaged in the refining and subsequent sale of\npetroleum products to any distributor in the Commonwealth;\n\n3. “Distributor” shall mean any distributor, wholesaler, jobber,\nconsignee or commission agent who purchases or otherwise acquires possession of\nor an interest in petroleum products under a contract of supply in the\nCommonwealth from a supplier for redistribution or wholesale sale;\n\n4. “Monthly allocation” shall mean the monthly amount of petroleum\nproducts sold or otherwise supplied to a distributor under applicable U.S.\nDepartment of Energy regulations and rules, or which the supplier may otherwise\nbe allocating to its distributors;\n\t\t\t5.”To discontinue” shall mean the failure or refusal to sell a\nmonthly allocation as defined herein to a distributor for a period of six\nconsecutive months unless such failure or refusal is the direct and proximate\nresult of force majeure;\n\t\t\t6.”To reduce” shall mean the failure or refusal of a supplier to\ndeliver at least seventy-five per centum of a monthly allocation to a\ndistributor for a period of two consecutive months unless such failure or\nrefusal is the direct and proximate result of an allocation percentage factor\napplied by the supplier to all its distributors or force majeure;\n\t\t\t7.”Force majeure” means an act of God or any other cause not\nreasonably within the control of the supplier.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 457.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}