The Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/550
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.

Section 2 Amendments to the Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2011

The Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2011

In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “defined area” substitute—

“defined area” means an area specified in Schedule 1;

Section 4 Amendments to the Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2011

In regulation 6 (application for relief)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “the Schedule” substitute “Schedule 2”; and

(b) for paragraph (4) substitute—

(4) Unless, for reasonable cause, the Commissioners allow an application to be made at a later date, no relief shall be allowed if the application is received by the Commissioners later than 30 days after the end of the month to which it relates.

Section 5 Amendments to the Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2011

Re-number the Schedule as “Schedule 2”.

Section 6 Amendments to the Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Road Fuel in Defined Areas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2011

Before Schedule 2 (as re-numbered by regulation 5), insert—

DEFINED AREAS

The Inner and Outer Hebrides

The Northern Isles

The Islands of the Clyde

The Isles of Scilly

The geographical area covered by the post town of Hawes, North Yorkshire (as at the 3rd March 2015)

The geographical areas covered by the following postcode districts in England (as at the 3rd March 2015)—

EX35

LA17

NE48

The geographical areas covered by the following postcode districts in Scotland (as at the 3rd March 2015)—

IV14

IV21

IV22

IV26

IV27

IV54

KW12

PA38

PA80

PH19

PH23

PH36

PH41