Special rules
24.—(1) If a participator’s contracts for the sale of Category 2 oil in sales at arm’s length normally provide for the price to be determined—
(a)in the case of oil transported by ship from the place of extraction to a place in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, by reference to the actual date of the completion of the load, or completion of the discharge, of the cargo; or
(b)in the case of oil transported by pipeline to a place in the United Kingdom and loaded on to a ship there, by reference to the date of the bill of lading;
references to the notional delivery day in regulation 17 are to be construed, in relation to that participator as references to the day mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) (as the case requires).
(2) The modification in paragraph (1) also applies where Category 2 oil is loaded onto a ship at least 7 days later than the date provided for by the contract for sale by reason of circumstances wholly beyond the control of the parties.