1996 No. 1251

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Hydrocarbon Oil (Designated Markers) Regulations 1996

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 24A(3) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 19791 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations—

Citation and commencement1

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

Designation of markers2

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. HowardCommissioner of Customs and ExciseNew King’s Beam House,22 Upper Ground,London,SE1 9PJ

(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.