PART VIU.K. PROHIBITIONS
Prohibitions relating to prescribed markersU.K.
14.—(1) No oil [F1, biodiesel] [F2or bioblend] may be marked except in the circumstances prescribed by these Regulations.
(2) No marker may be removed from any oil [F1, biodiesel] [F2or bioblend].
(3) No substance calculated to impede the identification of any marker may be added to any oil [F1, biodiesel] [F2or bioblend].
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 14 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/238), regs. 1, 4(11)
Prohibition relating to other markersU.K.
15.—(1) No person may add any chemical identifier or dye other than a marker [F3or n-butyl phenyl ether] to any gas oil[F4, kerosene [F5, biodiesel] or bioblend] required by these Regulations to be marked (other than gas oil[F4, kerosene[F5, biodiesel] or bioblend] to which regulation 6 applies).
(2) Where any person contravenes this regulation, his contravention shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties) M1 and any oil [F6or, as the case may be, [F7biodiesel or] bioblend] to which such a chemical identifier or dye has been added shall be liable to forfeiture.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in reg. 15(1) inserted (temp.) (1.12.2023) by virtue of The Hydrocarbon Oil (Marking and Designated Markers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1187), regs. 2(1), 8(1) (with reg. 8(2))
F4Words in reg. 15(1) substituted (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), 6(10)(a)
F5Word in reg. 15(1) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/234), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(a) (with regs. 9, 10)
F6Words in reg. 15(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), 6(10)(b)
F7Words in reg. 15(2) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/234), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(b) (with regs. 9, 10)
Marginal Citations
Prohibition on importation of certain oilU.K.
16. No oil [F8, biodiesel] [F9or bioblend] of a description required by these Regulations to be marked may be imported where there has been added any substance calculated to impede the identification of any marker.
Textual Amendments
F8Word in reg. 16 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/238), regs. 1, 4(12)
Prohibition on the sale of dark oilU.K.
17. No dark oil may be sold as fuel [F10other than for an excepted machine].
Textual Amendments
F10Words in reg. 17 substituted (1.4.2022) by The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/234), regs. 1(1), 6(6) (with regs. 9, 10)