Part I

Excise duties

Hydrocarbon oil duties

Rates of duty and rebate on hydrocarbon oil.
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1
In section 6(1A) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil)—
a
in paragraph (a) (light oil), for “£0.5288" substitute “ £0.5468 ”;
b
in paragraph (b) (ultra low sulphur diesel), for “£0.4721" substitute “ £0.4882 ”; and
c
in paragraph (c) (heavy oil which is not ultra low sulphur diesel), for “£0.5021" substitute “ £0.5182 ”.
2
In section 11(1) of that Act (rebate on heavy oil)—
a
in paragraph (a) (fuel oil), for “£0.0265" substitute “ £0.0274 ”; and
b
in each of paragraphs (b) and (ba) (gas oil which is not ultra low sulphur diesel and ultra low sulphur diesel), for “£0.0303" substitute “ £0.0313 ”.
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In section 13A(1A) of that Act (rebate on unleaded petrol)—
a
in paragraph (a) (higher octane unleaded petrol), for “£0.0367" substitute “ £0.0379 ”; and
b
in paragraph (b) (other unleaded petrol), for “£0.0567" substitute “ £0.0586 ”.
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In section 14(1) of that Act (rebate on light oil for use as furnace fuel), for “£0.0265" substitute “ £0.0274 ”.
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This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 21st March 2000.
1979 c. 5.