Guidance

Defence fuels policy, organisation and safety regulations (JSP 317)

This covers the MOD safety regulations for the storage and handling of fuels and lubricants.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 1 September 2012
• Last updated: 15 January 2025 — See all updates

Documents

JSP 317: defence fuels policy, organisation and safety regulations, part 1 directive (version 6.7) (November 2024)

PDF, 1.89 MB, 119 pages

JSP 317: defence fuels policy, organisation and safety regulations, part 2 guidance (version 6.7) (November 2024)

Ref: JSP 317 part 2, volumes 1 to 4

PDF, 6.72 MB, 340 pages

Fuel safety assurance assessment (FSAA) (May 2018)

PDF, 1.34 MB, 102 pages

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Fuel safety assurance assessment (FSAA) (May 2018) (accessible version)

PDF, 1.56 MB, 102 pages

Details

The Joint Service Publication (JSP) 317 manual details the standards of practice to be observed within Ministry of Defence (MOD) installations for the bulk storage and handling of fuels and lubricants and associated products.

Related information

• Defence Policy for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
• Management of environmental protection in defence (JSP 418)
• Management of health and safety in defence (JSP 375)
• Defence fire safety and fire risk management (JSP 426)

Published 1 September 2012
Last updated 15 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 15 January 2025

   Updated JSP 317: defence fuels policy, organisation and safety regulations, part 1 directive and part 2 guidance.

2. 6 July 2022

   JSP 317 updated.

3. 30 October 2020

   Updated broken PDFs.

4. 22 May 2020

   Updated JSP 317 part 1 and part 2 with the latest versions.

5. 14 October 2019

   Updated part 1 and part 2 of the JSP.

6. 21 June 2019

   Updated the page with the latest versions of JSP 317 part 1 and 2.

7. 6 June 2019

   Updated JSP 317 Part 1 and 2.

8. 15 June 2018

   Updated both part 1 and part 2.

9. 31 May 2018

   Updated JSP 317 with version 6.2, DLSR-FGSR Fuel and Gas Safety Assurance Assessment and added the Defence Policy for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection.

10. 12 June 2017

    Updated JSP 317 directive and guidance to version 6.1.

11. 29 June 2016

    Updated JSP 317 which is now available in two parts. Part 1 covers the directive information and part 2 provides guidance.

12. 18 June 2015

    Added updated version of JSP 317 (5th edition)

13. 31 October 2013

    Added updated JSP and FSAA document

14. 1 September 2012

    First published.