Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 2069
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Excise Duties (Road Fuel Gas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2004
Made
6th August 2004
Laid before Parliament
10th August 2004
Coming into force
1st September 2004
The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 20AA(1)(a) and (2)(a), (b), (c), (h) and (i) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979( 1 ), hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Excise Duties (Road Fuel Gas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2004 and come into force on 1st September 2004.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations —
“duty” means the duty of excise charged by section 8(1) or (2) of the Oil Act;
“the Oil Act” means the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979.
Relief
3. —(1) Relief from the duty on relevant road fuel gas is afforded in accordance with this regulation as follows—
(a) in the case of natural road fuel gas, £0.0210 a kilogram is remitted; and
(b) in the case of any other road fuel gas, £0.0403 a kilogram is remitted.
(2) In paragraph (1), “relevant road fuel gas” means road fuel gas that is charged to duty on a day that is—
(a) on or after 1st September, and
(b) before the relevant day.
(3) In paragraph (2), “the relevant day” means—
(a) in the case of natural road fuel gas, the day with effect from which the rate of duty prescribed by section 8(3)(a) of the Oil Act( 2 ) is no longer £0.1110 per kilogram; and
(b) in the case of any other road fuel gas, the day with effect from which the rate of duty prescribed by section 8(3)(b) of the Oil Act is no longer £0.1303 per kilogram.
MW Norgrove
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ
6th August 2004
1979 c. 5 ; section 27(3) applies the definition of "the Commissioners" in section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) , namely “the Commissioners” means “the Commissioners of Customs and Excise”. Section 5 was amended to provide for a definition of “natural road fuel gas” by section 6(2) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) . Relevant amendments were made to section 20AA by Part 1(4) of Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 1993 (c. 34) and section 10(3) of the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17) .
Relevant amendments were made to section 8(3) by section 6(2) of the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4) , section 1(3) of the Finance Act 2001 (c. 9) and section 6(2) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) .