3.—(1) The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5A (restrictions on the marketing of marine diesel oil and marine gas oil) for paragraphs (4) to (7) substitute—
“(4) The reference method adopted for determining the sulphur content must be ISO method 8754 (2003) or BS EN 14596.
(5) The arbitration method must be that specified in BS EN ISO 14596 (2007).
(6) This regulation does not apply to marine fuel—
(a)intended for the purpose of research and testing;
(b)intended for processing prior to final combustion; or
(c)to be processed in the refining industry.
(7) For the purposes of this regulation—
“marine diesel oil” means any marine fuel as defined for DMB grade in Table I of ISO 8217 with the exception of references to sulphur content;
“marine gas oil” means any marine fuel as defined for DMX, DMA and DMZ grades in Table I of ISO 8217(2) with the exception of references to sulphur content;
“marine fuel” means any petroleum based liquid fuel intended for use or in use on board a vessel including those fuels defined in ISO 8217;
“placing on the market” means supplying or making available to third persons, against payment or free of charge, anywhere in the United Kingdom marine fuels for on-board combustion, but excludes supplying or making available marine fuels for export in ship’s cargo tanks.”
S.I.1999/3107, amended by S.I.2001/3896, S.I.2003/3078, S.I.2007/1608 and S.I.2010/3035. There are other amendments but none is relevant.
ISO 8217 (1996) is described in the British Standard entitled, “Specification for Petroleum Fuels for marine oil engines and boilers”, published under the numbers BS MA100:1996 and ISO 8217:1996, which came into effect on 15th August 1996.