The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1979 Act” means the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979(1);

“the 2004 Act” means the Energy Act 2004;

“account holder” has the meaning given in article 7(8);

“buy-out fund” has the meaning given in article 22(2)(d);

“Chief Executive” means the person appointed as such pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Schedule;

“connected person” means, in relation to a transport fuel supplier, a person connected to the supplier within the meaning of section 839 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(2);

“non-obligated supplier” means a transport fuel supplier other than one upon whom a renewable transport fuel obligation is imposed under article 4;

“obligation period” has the meaning given in article 4(3)(a);

“obligated supplier” means a transport fuel supplier upon whom a renewable transport fuel obligation is imposed under article 4;

“road vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted for use on roads, but does not include any vehicle which is an excepted vehicle within the meaning given by the 1979 Act(3);

“RTF account” means an account which is established pursuant to article 7; and

“working day” means any day other than—

(a)

Saturday or Sunday,

(b)

Christmas Day or Good Friday, or

(c)

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(4) in any part of the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of this Order and of section 132(4) of the 2004 Act, “biomass” means the biodegradable portion of—

(a) products, wastes and residues from agriculture, forestry and related activities, or

(b) industrial and municipal waste.

(1)

1979 c.5.

(2)

1988 c.1. Section 839 was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c.4), section 74 and Schedule 17, paragraph 20, the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c.5), section 882(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 341; the Finance Act 2006 (c.25), section 89 and Schedule 13, Part 2, paragraphs 7, 25 and 27; S.I. 1997/1154, regulation 15; and S.I. 2005/3229, regulations 47 and 100.

(3)

Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act sets out the meaning of “excepted vehicle”; Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act was substituted by the Finance Act 1995 (c.4), section 8(2) and (3), and was amended by the Finance Act 2000 (c.17), sections 9, 156, Schedule 40, Part 1(1), and S.I. 2007/93.

(4)

1971(c.80).