Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979

Section 21(1).

SCHEDULE 3 Subjects for regulations under section 21

PART I Hydrocarbon oil

1 Prohibiting the production of hydrocarbon oil or any description of hydrocarbon oil except by a person holding a licence.

2 Fixing the date of expiration of any such licence.

3 Regulating the production, storage and warehousing of hydrocarbon oil or any description of hydrocarbon oil and the removal of any such oil to or from premises used for the production of any such oil.

4 Prohibiting the refining of hydrocarbon oil elsewhere than in a refinery.

5 Prohibiting the incorporation of gas in hydrocarbon oil elsewhere than in a refinery.

6 Regulating the use and storage of hydrocarbon oil in a refinery.

7 Regulating or prohibiting the removal to a refinery of hydrocarbon oil in respect of which any rebate has been allowed.

8 Regulating the removal of imported hydrocarbon oil to a refinery without payment of the excise duty on such oil.

9 Making provision for securing payment of the excise duty on any imported hydrocarbon oil received into a refinery.

10 Relieving from the excise duty chargeable on hydrocarbon oil produced in the United Kingdom any such oil intended for exportation or shipment as stores.

11 Generally for securing and collecting the excise duty chargeable on hydrocarbon oil produced in the United Kingdom.

PART II Petrol substitutes

12 Prohibiting the production of petrol substitutes, and dealing in petrol substitutes on which the excise duty has not been paid, except by persons holding a licence.

13 Fixing the date of expiration of any such licence.

14 Regulating the production, dealing in, storage and warehousing of petrol substitutes and their removal to and from premises used therefor.

15 Relieving from the excise duty petrol substitutes intended for exportation or shipment as stores.

16 Generally for securing and collecting the excise duty.

In this Part of this Schedule " the excise duty" means the excise duty on petrol substitutes.

PART III Road fuel gas

17 Prohibiting the production of gas, and dealing in gas on which the excise duty has not been paid, except by persons holding a licence.

18 Fixing the date of expiration of any such licence.

19 Regulating the production, dealing in, storage and warehousing of gas and the removal of gas to and from premises used therefor.

20 Requiring containers for gas to be marked in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

21 Conferring power to require information relating to the supply or use of gas and containers for gas to be given by producers of and dealers in gas, and by the person owning or possessing or for the time being in charge of any road vehicle which is constructed or adapted to use gas as fuel.

22 Requiring a person owning or possessing a road vehicle which is constructed or adapted to use gas as fuel to keep such accounts and records in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations, and to preserve such books and documents relating to the supply of gas to or by him, or the use of gas by him, for such period as may be so prescribed.

23 Requiring the production of books or documents relating to the supply or use of gas or the use of any road vehicle.

24 Authorising the entry and inspection of premises (other than private dwelling-houses) and the examination of road vehicles, and authorising, or requiring the giving of facilities for, the inspection of gas found on any premises entered or on or in any road vehicle.

25 Generally for securing and collecting the excise duty.

In this Part of this Schedule " the excise duty " means the excise duty chargeable under section 8 of this Act on gas, and " gas " means road fuel gas.