The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made: 29th January 2002

Coming into operation: 11th March 2002

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Maximum sulphur content of heavy fuel oil

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Maximum sulphur content in gas oil

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Sampling and analysis

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Revocation

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SCHEDULE 1 — Sulphur content of liquid fuels permits

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SCHEDULE 2 — Technical requirements for analysis of samples

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 29th January 2002.

Sam Foster — Minister of the Environment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1988/785

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L350, 28.12.98, p. 58

[^f00004]: ISO 8217 (1996) is described in the British Standard entitled “Specification for Petroleum Fuels for marine oil engines and boilers”, published under the numbers BS MA1 00 and ISO 8217:1996, which came into effect on 15th August 1996

[^f00005]: S.I. 1997/2777 (N.I. 18)

[^f00006]: The ASTM method is described in the 1999 Annual Book of ASTM Standards: Section 5—Petroleum Products, Lubricants and Fossil Fuels, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, November 1999

[^f00007]: The Integrated Customs Tariff of the United Kingdom (2000 edition) is published by HMSO (ISBN 0117818054)

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L121, 11.5.99, p. 13

[^f00009]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L336, 7.12.88, p. 1

[^f00011]: S.I. 1994/2249

[^f00012]: ISO method 8754 (1992) is described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products—Determination of Sulphur Content—Energy—dispersive X-ray fluorescence methods”, published under the numbers BS EN ISO 8754:1995 and ISO 8754:1992, which came into effect on 31st July 1995. PrEN ISO 14596 is described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products—Determination of Sulphur Content—Wavelength—dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry”, published under the numbers BS EN ISO 14596:1998 and ISO 14596:1998, which came into effect on 15th December 1998.

[^f00013]: EN method 4260 (1987) is described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products and Hydrocarbons—Determination of Sulphur Content—Wickbold combustion method” published under the numbers BS EN 24260:1994 and ISO 4260:1987, which came into effect on 30th September 1994.

[^f00014]: Described in the British Standard entitled “Petroleum Products—Determination and Application of precision data in relation to methods of test”, published under the numbers BS EN ISO 4259:1996 and ISO 4259:1992, which came into effect on 15th February 1996.

Editorial notes