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The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007

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Issue of RTF certificates

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17.—(1) Where each of the requirements in article 16(1) to (3) has been met, the Administrator must issue an RTF certificate to a transport fuel supplier for each litre of renewable transport fuel which is—

(a)for use as fuel in road vehicles (whether or not it may also be used in other vehicles),

(b)of one of the descriptions set out in article 5(3),

(c)owned by the supplier at the time when the requirement to pay the duty of excise with which the fuel is chargeable takes effect, and

(d)supplied by the supplier at or for delivery to places in the United Kingdom during an obligation period.

(2) An RTF certificate must be issued as soon as reasonably practicable after an application for it has been made in accordance with article 16.

(3) For the purposes of section 127(2)(d) of the 2004 Act, “the other specified facts” are that the supplier has notified the Administrator of each of the matters listed in section 127(2)(a) to (c).

(4) For the purposes of this Order, the Administrator issues an RTF certificate to a supplier by recording the credit of an RTF certificate in the RTF account of the supplier.

(5) As soon as reasonably practicable after issuing an RTF certificate, the Administrator must notify the supplier of the issue of the certificate, and of the date and time of issue.

(6) As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a request for the information from an account holder, the Administrator must inform the account holder of the number of RTF certificates (if any) held to the credit of that account holder’s RTF account, and of the date and time of issue of those certificates.

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