SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Penalties for statutory contraventions

Part III Contraventions under the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979

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1

In subsection (1) of section 13 (offences in connection with use etc. of heavy oil)—

a

for “A person who” there shall be substituted “ Where any person ”; and

b

for the words from “shall be liable” to “greater” there shall be substituted “ his use 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) ”.

2

In subsection (2) of that section (offence of supplying heavy oil for a use in contravention of section 12(2))—

a

for “A person who” there shall be substituted “ Where any person ”;

b

for the words from “shall be liable” to “greater, where” there shall be substituted “ and ”; and

c

at the end there shall be inserted “ his supplying the oil shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties). ”