The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Made: 30th January 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 30th January 2007

Coming into force: 12th March 2007

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Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Scope

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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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Offences and penalties

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Revocation and saving

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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

SARAH BOYACK — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 30th January 2007

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The function conferred on the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2000/169.

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L 309, 27.11.01, p.1 as amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (O.J. No. L 236, 23.9.03, p.33).

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 350, 28.12.98, p.58.

[^f00005]: ISO 8217 (2005) is described in the British Standard entitled “Specification for Petroleum Fuels for marine oil engines and boilers”, published under the numbers BS MA100 and ISO 8217:2005, which came into effect on 15th August 1996.

[^f00006]: The ASTM method is described in the 2006 Annual Book of the ASTM Standards: Section 5-Petroleum Products, Lubricants and Fossil Fuels, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, February 2006.

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

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L 121, 11.5.99, p.13 as amended by Directive 2005/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 191, 22.7.05, p.59).

[^f00009]: 1990 c. 43. Section 6 (authorisations: general provisions) of the 1990 Act was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) Schedule 22, paragraph 48, and by the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/323) Schedule 10, paragraph 3(2).

[^f00010]: 1999 c. 24.

[^f00011]: 1995 c. 25.

[^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 24260 (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 24260:1987, which came into effect on 30th September 1994.

[^f00014]: ISO standard 4259 (1992) is 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

[^key-efd0153ce15788181c337fb49e6b7317]: Regulations revoked (13.11.2014) by The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/258), regs. 1(1), 8(1) (with regs. 3, 8(2)(3))

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