The Hydrocarbon Oil (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/694
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Hydrocarbon Oil (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994.

(2) Regulations 1 and 2 shall come into force on 16th March 1994.

(3) The remainder of these Regulations shall come into force on 18th March 1994.

Section 2 Revocation

The Hydrocarbon Oil (Amendment) Regulations 1994 are hereby revoked.

Section 3 Amendment of the Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973

The Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973 shall be amended as follows.

Section 4 Amendment of the Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973

For regulation 18 there shall be substituted–

(18)

(1) The following markers and colouring substance are prescribed for the purposes of regulation 17.

(2) For gas oil the marker described in either paragraph (5)(a) or paragraph (5)(b) below.

(3) For light oil the marker described in paragraph (5)(a) below.

(4) For kerosene the marker described in either paragraph (5)(b) or paragraph (5)(c) below.

(5) The markers are–

(a) 1,4–dihydroxyanthraquinone added in the proportion of not less than 1.75 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil;

(b) 4–[N–ethyl–2–(1–isobutoxyethoxy)ethylamino]azobenzene added in the proportion of not less than 5 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil; and

(c) coumarin added in the proportion of not less than 2 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil.

(6) For gas oil and light oil the prescribed colouring substance is CI Solvent Red 24 as described in the Colour Index added in the proportion of not less than 4 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil.

Section 5 Amendment of the Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973

In regulations 20 and 21 the words “by Regulation 18” shall be omitted.

Section 6 Amendment of the Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973

In regulations 28 and 29 for the words “either of the markers”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “any prescribed marker”.