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3.—(1) The following paragraphs of this regulation define the various descriptions of energy product referred to in these Regulations and the relevant use of such products for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) “Energy product” means—
(a)liquid fuel; or
(b)gaseous fuel;
but does not include detergents, cetane improvers, lubricity improvers, viscosity improvers, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, anti-corrosive preparations and like substances intended for use as fuel additives.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations [F1, unless specified otherwise,] one kilogram of gaseous fuel is to be treated as equivalent to one litre of liquid fuel [F2(and vice-versa)].
[F3(3A) For the purposes of these Regulations, references to a type of energy product as being “renewable” are references to an energy product of that type which meets the definition of “renewable transport fuel”.
(4) “Relevant use” means use within the United Kingdom in non-road transports or road vehicles.]
F4(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(5A) “Biofuel” has the meaning given in section 132(1) of the Energy Act 2004.]
(6) “Fossil fuel” means coal, substances produced directly or indirectly from coal, lignite, natural gas, crude liquid petroleum, or petroleum products where—
(a)“natural gas” means any gas derived from natural strata; and
(b)“petroleum products” means the following substances produced directly or indirectly from crude, that is to say, fuels, lubricants, bitumen, wax, industrial spirits and any wide-range substance (meaning a substance whose final boiling point at normal atmospheric pressure is more than 50°C higher than its initial boiling point).
(7) “Renewable transport fuel” is liquid fuel or gaseous fuel produced wholly or partially from a relevant feedstock whether blended with fossil fuel or not.
(8) “Wholly renewable transport fuel” means renewable transport fuel which is produced wholly from a relevant feedstock.
(9) “Partially renewable transport fuel” means renewable transport fuel other than wholly renewable transport fuel.
[F6(10) “RFNBO” has the meaning given in article 3 of the RTFO Order.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 3(3) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 30(2)(a)
F2Words in reg. 3(3) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 30(2)(b)
F3Reg. 3(3A)(4) substituted for reg. 3(4) (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 30(3)
F4Reg. 3(5) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 30(4)
F5Reg. 3(5A) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 30(5)
F6Reg. 3(10) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 30(6)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 3 in force at 1.1.2013, see reg. 1
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