1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on—
(a)10th December 1999 for the purposes of regulations 8, 9(2) to (9), 10 and 16 and Schedules 1 and 2, and
(b)1st January 2000 for all other purposes.
2. In these Regulations—
“BS EN ISO 3830:1996” means the British Standard which is entitled “Petroleum products—Determination of lead content of gasoline—Iodine monochloride method” and was published under number BS EN ISO 3830:1996;
“diesel fuel” has the same meaning as “diesel fuels” as defined in Article 2(2) of the Directive;
“the Directive” means Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC(1);
“distribute” in relation to motor fuel means either—
import into the United Kingdom, or
distribute from a refinery;
“filling station” means any premises used or intended to be used for fuelling motor vehicles with motor fuel in the course of the business of selling motor fuel by retail;
“filling station tank” means a tank at a filling station which stores motor fuel prior to its sale by retail;
“kPa” means kilopascal(s);
“leaded petrol” means petrol which (with the exception of the environmental specifications for lead content, research octane number and motor octane number in Annex I of the Directive) complies with the relevant requirements for petrol in regulations 4 and 5 and which has—
a lead content of not less than 0.05g/l and not more than 0.15g/l measured in accordance with BS EN ISO 3830:1996,
a research octane number of not less than 97 measured in accordance with the Test Method specified for research octane number in Annex I of the Directive, and
a motor octane number of not less than 86 measured in accordance with the Test Method specified for motor octane number in Annex I of the Directive;
“motor fuel” means petrol or diesel fuel;
“petrol” has the same meaning as in Article 2(1) of the Directive;
“refinery” has the same meaning as in section 27(1) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979(2); and
“sell” means to sell by retail at a filling station and unless the context otherwise provides “sale”, “sells” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly.
OJ No. L 350, 28.12.98, p. 58.
1979 c. 5; the definition of “refinery” was substituted by the Finance Act 1981 (c. 35), section 5(3).