UK Offence Report

The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

UK Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 1460 — creates 3 criminal offences.

3offences created
0recorded in force
3revoked
Made
5 June 2000
In force from
27 June 2000
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Energy, communications, water and utilities
Made under
European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations implement, in England and Wales, Council Directive 1999/32/EC relating to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels. The Regulations— a make it an offence to use heavy fuel oil on or after 1st January 2003 with a sulphur content exceeding 1 per cent, subject to certain exceptions (regulation 3); b make it an offence to use gas oil or marine gas oil on or after 1st July 2000 with a sulphur content exceeding 0.2 per cent by mass and to use such oil on or after 1st January 2008 with a sulphur content exceeding 0.1 per cent by mass (regulation 4); c require the Secretary of State to check by sampling that the sulphur content of fuels used complies with these requirements (regulation 5); d revoke the Marketing of Gas Oil (Sulphur Content) Regulations 1994 in so far as they extend to England and Wales, which are superseded by these Regulations; e provide for the granting of permits to enable an operator of a combustion plant who would not otherwise require a permit to operate the plant to apply for a permit so that he can take advantage of the exemptions to the restriction on the use of heavy fuel oil (Schedule 1); and f set out technical requirements for the analysis of samples taken under regulation 5 (Schedule 2). A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from AEQ Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Zone 4/G16, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE. A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of the British Standards publications referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from any of the outlets operated by the British Standards Institution, or by post from the British Standards Institution at Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL. The Integrated Customs Tariff of the United Kingdom, which sets out the CN codes used in the definitions of “gas oil” and “heavy fuel oil”, are published by HMSO and available from HMSO Bookshops. The 1999 Annual Book of ASTM Standards is available from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, USA.

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