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Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979

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21Regulations with respect to hydrocarbon oil, petrol substitutes and road fuel gas

(1)The Commissioners may, with a view to the protection of the revenue, make regulations—

(a)for any of the purposes specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act (which relates to hydrocarbon oil);

(b)for any of the purposes specified in Part II of that Schedule (which relates to petrol substitutes);

(c)for any of the purposes specified in Part III of that Schedule (which relates to road fuel gas).

(2)In the case of regulations made for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, different regulations may be made for different classes of hydrocarbon oil; and the power to make such regulations shall include power to make regulations—

(a)regulating the allowance and payment of drawback under or by virtue of section 15 above; and

(b)for making the allowance and payment of drawback by virtue of an order under subsection (2) of that section subject to such conditions as the Commissioners see fit to impose for the protection of the revenue.

(3)A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of three times the value of any goods in respect of which the offence was committed or £100, whichever is the greater ; and the goods shall be liable to forfeiture.

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