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The Hydrocarbon Oil (Marking) Regulations 2002

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Version Superseded: 01/04/2008

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Point in time view as at 01/08/2002.

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Hydrocarbon Oil (Marking) Regulations 2002, PART VI. Help about Changes to Legislation

PART VIU.K. PROHIBITIONS

Prohibitions relating to prescribed markersU.K.

14.—(1) No oil may be marked except in the circumstances prescribed by these Regulations.

(2) No marker may be removed from any oil.

(3) No substance calculated to impede the identification of any marker may be added to any oil.

Prohibition relating to other markersU.K.

15.—(1) No person may add any chemical identifier or dye other than a marker to any gas oil or kerosene required by these Regulations to be marked (other than gas oil or kerosene to which regulation 6 applies).

(2) Where any person contravenes this regulation, his contravention shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties) M1 and any oil to which such a chemical identifier or dye has been added shall be liable to forfeiture.

Marginal Citations

Prohibition on importation of certain oilU.K.

16.  No oil of a description required by these Regulations to be marked may be imported where there has been added any substance calculated to impede the identification of any marker.

Prohibition on the sale of dark oilU.K.

17.  No dark oil may be sold as fuel for a heavy oil vehicle.

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