The Hydrocarbon Oil (Designated Markers) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 1251

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Hydrocarbon Oil (Designated Markers) Regulations 1996

Made

8th May 1996

Laid before Parliament

10th May 1996

Coming into force

1st June 1996

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 24A(3) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations—

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Hydrocarbon Oil (Designated Markers) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996.

Designation of markers

2.—(1) It appears to the Commissioners that the markers designated by paragraph (2) below are used for the purposes of the law of the United Kingdom (except for 2-Furaldehyde) and for the purposes of the law of places outside the United Kingdom for identifying hydrocarbon oil that is not to be used as fuel for road vehicles.

(2) For the purposes of section 24A of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 the following markers are hereby designated—

• 1,4-dihydroxanthraquinone;

• 4-[N-ethyl-2-(l-isobutoxyethoxy)ethylamino]azobenzene;

• 2-Furaldehyde;

• Coumarin.

D. J. Howard

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

New King’s Beam House,

22 Upper Ground,

London,

SE1 9PJ

8th May 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1 June 1996, supplement the provisions of section 24A of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c. 5) (penalties for misuse of marked oil). Section 24A was added by section 7(1) of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8).

These Regulations designate those markers which are used within the United Kingdom and elsewhere for identifying hydrocarbon oil that is not to be used as fuel for road vehicles.

(1)

1979 c. 5; section 24A was inserted by section 7(1) of the Finance Act 1996(c. 8); section 27(3) applies the definition of “the Commissioners” in section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2).