19 Fuel used in fishing boats, etc.U.K.
(1)Subsection (3) below shall have effect in the case of—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)any lifeboat owned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (in this subsection called “the Institution”); or
(c)any tractor or gear owned by the Institution and used for the purpose of launching or hauling in any lifeboat owned by it,
in respect of which an application is made to the Commissioners for the purposes of this section F2. . ., by the Institution.
(2)Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) above shall apply to hovercraft as if hovercraft were boats or vessels.
(3)Subject to the provisions of this section, if it appears to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that the applicant has . . . F3 used any quantity of hydrocarbon oil on board that boat or for the purposes of that tractor or gear, the applicant shall be entitled to obtain from the Commissioners repayment of any excise duty which has been paid in respect of the oil so used [F4less any rebate allowed in respect of the duty].
(4)(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
F6(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1s. 19(1)(a) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 8, ss. 8(1)(b), 205, Sch. 41 Pt. I; S.I. 1996/2536, art. 2
F2Words in s. 19(1) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 8, ss. 8(1)(b), 205, Sch. 41 Pt. I: S.I. 1996/2536,art. 2
F3Words repealed by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), Sch. 19 Pt. III Note 4 (by Note 4 it is provided that the repeal has effect in relation to oil used on or after 1.1.1982)
F4Words inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), s. 6(4)
F5S. 19(4)(5) repealed by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), Sch. 19 Pt. III Note 4 (by Note 4 it is provided that the repeal has effect in relation to oil used on or after 1.1.1982)
F6S. 19(6) repealed (1.12.1995) by 1993 c. 34, ss. 11(5), 213, Sch. 23 Pt. I; S.I. 1995/2715, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 17-19A amended (15.10.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 12(3); S.I. 1993/2215, art. 3
C2S. 19 excluded (20.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2518, reg. 118(b)
C3S. 19(3) modified (26.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/1928, reg. 3(1)(b)(2)(c)
C4S. 19(3) amended by S.I. 1985/1032, reg. 11(c)
C5S. 19(3) explained by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), s. 6(4)
C6S. 19(3) amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3152, reg. 11(d) (with reg. 12)