http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/8/section/4Finance Act 1996An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.1996-04-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-15Expert Participation2026-03-18 Part I Excise Duties Hydrocarbon oil duties Rates of duty and rebate.41In section 6(1) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, for “£0.3614” (duty on light oil) and “£0.3132” (duty on heavy oil) there shall be substituted “ £0.3912 ” and “ £0.3430 ”, respectively.2In section 8(3) of that Act (duty on road fuel gas), for “£0.3314” there shall be substituted “ £0.2817 ”.3In section 11(1) of that Act (rebate on heavy oil), for “£0.0166” (fuel oil) and “£0.0214” (gas oil) there shall be substituted “ £0.0181 ” and “ £0.0233 ”, respectively.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6In section 14(1) of that Act (rebate on light oil for use as furnace fuel), for “£0.0166” there shall be substituted “ £0.0181 ”.7Subsections (1) to (3) and (6) above shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 28th November 1995; and subsection (4) above shall come into force on 15th May 1996.S. 4 partly in force at 28.11.1995 see s. 4(7).1979 c. 5. S. 4(4)(5) repealed (retrospective to 6pm on 7.3.2001) by 2001 c. 9, ss. 2(5), 110, Sch. 33 Pt. 1(1)