2. In these Regulations—
“approved person” means a person approved under regulation 4 of the deferment Regulations in respect of heavy oil for use by ships making marine voyages;
[F1“biofuel” means biodiesel, bioethanol, bioblend or bioethanol blend;]
“contravention” includes a failure to comply;
“the deferment Regulations” means the Excise Duties (Deferred Payment) Regulations 1992(1);
“marine voyage” means a voyage in which the ship is at all times—
within the limits of a port, or
outside the United Kingdom.
[F2private pleasure craft” has the same meaning as in section 14E of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979;]
“qualified claimant” means—
the owner of the ship on which the hydrocarbon oil [F3or, as the case may be, biofuel] was, or will be, used;
the charterer to whom that ship is, or was at the time of the marine voyage, demised;
a person appointed by the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above to act as sole agent for that ship;
if he is authorised to do so by the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above, the master of that ship; and
where the claim relates to hydrocarbon oil [F3or, as the case may be, biofuel] used on that ship while undergoing trials for the purpose of testing her hull or machinery, the builder or other person conducting the trials.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.4.2008) by The Hydrocarbon Oil, Biofuels and Other Fuel Substitutes (Determination of Composition of a Substance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/753), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a)
F2Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Excise Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/15), regs. 1, 4(2); S.I. 2020/1640, reg. 2, Sch.
F3Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.4.2008) by The Hydrocarbon Oil, Biofuels and Other Fuel Substitutes (Determination of Composition of a Substance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/753), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 2 in force at 1.11.1996, see reg. 1
S.I. 1992/3152.