• “relevant feedstock” means—

  1. a

     processing residues of biological origin;

  2. b

     products of biological origin, including relevant crops and dedicated energy crops;

  3. c

     renewable sources other than biomass used to produce RFNBO;

  4. d

     residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry;

  5. e

     wastes of biological origin;

• “the 2012 Regulations” means the Motor Fuel (Road Vehicle and Mobile Machinery) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations 201217;

• “assessment time” means—

  1. a

     in relation to renewable aviation turbine fuel that is attributable to relevant feedstocks, the time at which a refinery certificate of quality is issued which certifies, in accordance with standard 1530 (as revised or re-issued from time to time)18 of the Energy Institute19 and the Joint Inspection Group20, that the fuel meets one of the standards set out in article 3(1B)(d);

  2. b

     in relation to renewable hydrogen that is attributable to relevant feedstocks, the time at which is it sold to a retail customer;

  3. c

     in relation to gaseous renewable transport fuel that is attributable to relevant feedstocks and which is to be used only in non-road transports, the time at which the fuel is set aside for such use;

  4. d

     in relation to fuel, other than fossil fuel for use in aircraft, which does not fall within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), the time at which the requirement under the 1979 Act to pay the duty of excise with which that fuel is chargeable took effect;

• “dedicated energy crops” means crops which—

  1. a

     consist of—

     1. i

        non-food cellulosic material; or

     2. ii

        ligno-cellulosic material, except saw logs and veneer logs;

  2. b

     are grown for the purpose of being used as fuel or energy;

  3. c

     are not a residue (including processing residues and residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry) or a waste; and

  4. d

     would not normally be used for food or feed;

• “development fuel RTF certificate” means an RTF certificate21 which derives from renewable transport fuel made from development fuel and which is specified as such in accordance with article 17(2A);

• “development fuel target” has the meaning given in article 4(5);

• “the directive” means Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 200922 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, etc., and a reference in this Order to Annex V to the directive is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time;

• “GHG credit” has the meaning given in the 2012 Regulations;

• “issue of an additional RTF certificate” means the issue of an additional RTF certificate for each whole litre of fuel under article 17A;

• “ligno-cellulosic material” means material composed of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose, such as biomass sourced from forests, woody energy crops and forest-based industries’ residues and wastes;

• “main obligation” has the meaning given in article 4(6);

• “non-food cellulosic material” means feedstocks which are mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material, including (among other things)—

  1. a

     food and feed crop residues, such as straw, stover, husks and shells;

  2. b

     grassy energy crops with a low starch content, such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane and cover crops before and after main crops;

  3. c

     industrial residues, including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted; and

  4. d

     material from biowaste;

• “non-road transports” means—

  1. a

     non-road mobile machinery;

  2. b

     inland waterway vessels which do not normally operate at sea;

  3. c

     recreational craft which do not normally operate at sea;

  4. d

     tractors;

• “processing residue”, in relation to a production process, means a substance—

  1. a

     that is not the end product sought directly from the process;

  2. b

     the production of which is not a primary aim of the process; and

  3. c

     in respect of which the process has not been deliberately modified in order to produce it;

• “relevant crops” means starch-rich crops, sugars, oil crops and main crops, where “starch-rich crops” include—

  1. a

     cereals (regardless of whether only the grains are used or the whole plant);

  2. b

     tubers and root crops, including potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, cassava and yams; and

  3. c

     corm crops, including taro and cocoyam,

  but feedstocks listed in Annex IX of the directive are not relevant crops;;

• “relevant crop RTF certificate” means an RTF certificate which derives from renewable transport fuel made from relevant crops and which is specified as such in accordance with article 17(2A);

• “residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry” means residues that are directly generated by agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry, but not including residues from related industries or processing;

• “type of RTF certificate” means the specification as to the type of renewable transport fuel to which an RTF certificate relates in accordance with article 17(2A);

• “waste” means any substance or object which the holder discards, or intends or is required to discard, but does not include any substance or object that has been intentionally modified or contaminated for the purpose of transforming it into a waste;