Part 1 EXCISE DUTIES
Hydrocarbon oil duties
1 Rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil
1
In section 6(1A) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c. 5) (rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil)—
a
in paragraph (a) (ultra-low sulphur petrol), for “£0.4782” substitute “
£0.4582
”
; and
b
in paragraph (c) (ultra-low sulphur diesel), for “£0.4882” substitute “
£0.4582
”
.
2
That subsection shall have effect until midnight on 14th June 2001 as if for paragraph (b) (other light oil) there were substituted—
ba
£0.5268 in the case of unleaded petrol other than ultra low sulphur petrol;
bb
£0.5468 in the case of light oil not within paragraph (a) or (ba) above;
After that, paragraph (b) shall have effect as it did before.
3
In section 8(3) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c. 5) (rate of duty on road fuel gas) for “£0.1500” substitute “
£0.0900
”
.
4
This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 7th March 2001.