Terms Used In Virginia Code 59.1-21.18:4

• Distributor: shall mean any distributor, wholesaler, jobber, consignee or commission agent who purchases or otherwise acquires possession of or an interest in petroleum products under a contract of supply in the Commonwealth from a supplier for redistribution or wholesale sale;

  4. See Virginia Code 59.1-21.18:2

• Petroleum products: shall mean kerosene and number one and two heating oils;

  2. See Virginia Code 59.1-21.18:2

• Supplier: shall mean any person, partnership, company, corporation or association engaged in the refining and subsequent sale of petroleum products to any distributor in the Commonwealth;

  3. See Virginia Code 59.1-21.18:2

• To discontinue: shall mean the failure or refusal to sell a monthly allocation as defined herein to a distributor for a period of six consecutive months unless such failure or refusal is the direct and proximate result of force majeure;

  6. See Virginia Code 59.1-21.18:2

• To reduce: shall mean the failure or refusal of a supplier to deliver at least seventy-five per centum of a monthly allocation to a distributor 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 to all its distributors or force majeure;

  7. See Virginia Code 59.1-21.18:2