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(1)On light oil charged with the excise duty on hydrocarbon oil, and delivered for home use as furnace fuel for burning in vaporised or atomised form by a person for the time being approved in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this subsection under section 24(1) below, there shall be allowed at the time of delivery a rebate of duty at a rate of [F1£0.1055] a litre less than the rate at which the duty is charged.
[F2(1A)No rebate shall be allowed under this section in respect of bioethanol blend.]
(2)Except with the consent of the Commissioners, no oil in whose case rebate has been allowed under this section shall—
(a)be put to a use otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (1) above; or
(b)be acquired or taken into any vehicle, appliance or storage tank in order to be put to such a use.
(3)In giving their consent for the purposes of subsection (2) above, the Commissioners may impose such conditions as they think fit.
(4)[F3Where any person]—
(a)uses or acquires oil in contravention of subsection (2) above; or
(b)is liable for oil being taken into a vehicle, appliance or storage tank in contravention of that subsection,
[F3his use or acquisition of the oil or, as the case may be, his becoming so liable shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties)]; and the Commissioners may [F4assess the amount of rebate allowed on the oil as being excise duty due from him, and notify him or his representative accordingly.]
(5)[F5Where any person] supplies oil having reason to believe that it will be used otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (1) above [F5and] that use without the consent of the Commissioners would contravene subsection (2) above [F6his supplying the oil shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties).].
(6)A person who, with the intent that the restrictions imposed by subsection (2) above should be contravened,—
(a)uses or acquires oil in contravention of that subsection; or
(b)supplies oil having reason to believe that it will be put to a use otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (1) above, being a use which, without the consent of the Commissioners, would contravene subsection (2) above,
shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection.
(7)A person who is liable for oil being taken into a vehicle, appliance or storage tank in contravention of subsection (2) above shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection where the oil was taken in with the intent by him that the restrictions imposed by that subsection should be contravened.
(8)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) or (7) above shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a penalty of the prescribed sum or of three times the value of the oil in question, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F77 years], or to both.
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(10)Any oil acquired, or taken into a vehicle, appliance or storage tank, as mentioned in subsection (2) above, or supplied as mentioned in subsection (5) or (6) above, shall be liable to forfeiture.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 14(1) substituted (retrospective to 1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 12(9)(12)
F2S. 14(1A) inserted (1.1.2005) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 10(7)(10)
F3Words in s. 14(4) substituted (1.1.1995) by 1994 c. 9, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 52(1)(a)(b) (with s. 19(3)); S.I. 1994/2679, art. 3
F4Words in s. 14(4) substituted (1.6.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 paras. 6(3); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
F5Words in s. 14(5) substituted (1.1.1995) by 1994 c. 9, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 52(2)(a)(b) (with s. 19(3)); S.I. 1994/2679, art. 3
F6Words in s. 14(5) inserted (1.1.1995) by 1994 c. 9, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 52(2)(c); (with s. 19(3)); S.I. 1994/2679, art. 3
F7Words substituted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 40:1), s. 12(1)(b)(6)
F8S. 14(9) omitted (retrospective to 1.4.2008) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 5 paras. 12, 26(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 14 restricted (1.6.1997) by 1994 c. 9, s. 12A(3)(c) (as inserted (1.6.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 paras. 1(1); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2)
C2S. 14(1) restricted (1.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1773, regs. 4, 6
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