Applies to the design, construction and operation of installations for the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids in locations that are generally industrial, commercial or rural in nature. The code does not apply to the following: (a) shipboard installations; (b) residential type installations of a type dealt with in AS 1691; (c) the transport of flammable or combustible liquids;(d) fuel tanks on any mobile vehicle or equipment; (e) any plant or equipment in which liquid is processed, together with any vessels which form an integral part of that processing equipment; (f) potable liquids; (g) bitumen and its mixtures prepared for road-making; (h) liquefied gases that are maintained in the liquid phase for storage by means of pressure or refrigeration.