The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007

[^key-a6d4180f74578f2992c786ca538177b8]: Words in art. 16(2)(a)(i) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 15(2)

[^key-a92855840f48c64c75160283416f9a46]: Art. 2(2)(a)-(d) substituted for art. 2(2)(a)(b) (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 7(3)

[^key-a9ea14a530919cde2372e6b8bbfefcb1]: Art. 20(8A) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(10)

[^key-aa04f854f92d9e386737b318e59b1e9c]: Words in art. 12(1)(a)(iii) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 13(2)(b)

[^key-aa1e2400393be0984e7809864872f455]: Word in art. 5(4B)(d) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 11(8)(e)

[^key-aa795fa3518311a686a60ef1632b0419]: Art. 16B(3) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 17

[^key-ad0a0b8e54c1c01ff7c9204adb9c0c55]: Words in art. 12(4)(a) omitted (15.12.2011) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 8(2)

[^key-ad69a74dde231f1b23410e370ed840fc]: Word in art. 5(4B)(c) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 11(8)(d)

[^key-ae9061771a3dd0eb4db14a862a2cce8e]: Art. 13A inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 10

[^key-b0e2137a8bb67ccd520045680e197757]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 7(2)(g)

[^key-b1ace8baf7a2d2529bd0e9cb82ff4bd3]: Art. 3(15) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 5(g)

[^key-b279082aba2d8022e06acd9c3afec809]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 5(g) (with art. 16)

[^key-b2e0bd8971a9da4b52a280be0d2c1dc9]: Words in art. 21(10) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 22(9)

[^key-b4c00fa6cdbe90323700090e393d1153]: Art. 15(1)(g) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 12(1)

[^key-b6df7908321a71d729818ee5eedd1c9c]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 omitted (1.1.2022) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 13(3)(c) (with art. 16)

[^key-b8568f14d65e18f3d1fd7d5b373bb4b7]: Sch. 1 para. 2(4) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 9(3)

[^key-b8af3e676235428de9aa209cd57616e3]: Art. 12(1)(2) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 8(1)

[^key-b9909f3ab259f4b2f2d5205470189f29]: Words in art. 12(5) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 13(5)(a)

[^key-bcf9dff3514d05cddc35381425d47d22]: Art. 21(9) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 22(8)

[^key-be7835f47bd8f521cf3b53c9df718021]: Sch. inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 23

[^key-bf8aaf670d2cbce67b50c74d962f8c8f]: Art. 5(6) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 7(6)

[^key-c06a05f85c30d20759c3faad73f9515e]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 7(2)(c)

[^key-c104c482ba8b1642f0ead5097057add0]: Art. 16(3A) inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 13(7)

[^key-c200c6645cd049e83953fa307ca049c0]: Art. 16(3)(c) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 13(3)

[^key-c203aadbdb1dc792a1d9b5ac8f896d33]: Art. 17A inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 19

[^key-c25ab42b8e65776e42c5b5cf0f120ddf]: Art. 1A(4) omitted (1.1.2022) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 16)

[^key-c27f9257331bc41b582e5fb2e1475836]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 5(b)(ii) (with art. 16)

[^key-c2b1efbfa79240def857ff04fb56b320]: Art. 4(6C) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 7(2) (with art. 16)

[^key-c2e6db68241fd2b50b689c316f68bd13]: Word in art. 4(8)(e) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 9(7)(g)

[^key-c3a934cb50e1871cf9912ae1f50a9ac3]: Art. 3(9) omitted (15.4.2009) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/843), arts. 1, 3(4)

[^key-c4f987c594e9755a9800f4b5034266aa]: Art. 3(8A) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 5(e)

[^key-c50f2f02bc3c39aafb8ca18b6e9bf8d0]: Schs. 2, 3 inserted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 14 (with art. 16)

[^key-c5d12a59051846b1e7db4fee454d6592]: Word in art. 4(1)(b) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 9(2)(b)

[^key-c601ee467da812dc27fa84d0ae03d48c]: Art. 4(9) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 9(8)

[^key-c65e9181bdfe9423294ce2cf09250880]: Word in art. 20(1)(c) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(2)

[^key-c68e80b89c3b5e91b5d6820b38cf9413]: Words in art. 3(10)(b) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 6(3)(b) (with art. 16)

[^key-c7969a84ca5436124ba7185a76a22b57]: Words in art. 23(1) inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 21(1)(b)

[^key-c8882a538ad84e8adbad28fd7830a596]: Words in art. 5(2A) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 11(5)(a)

[^key-c968ed35f3e3fad631b05f4d5d8c3c83]: Art. 6 substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(3)

[^key-c9e4a790c0459d46609fffb29e9a6b24]: Art. 15(3)(a) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 12(4)

[^key-cb222d79fd44e292101b655553a20a49]: Word in art. 5(4B)(a) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 11(8)(b)

[^key-cb7868672a14612c9e60e66bf68378fc]: Word in art. 3(2C)(a)(iii) omitted (1.7.2024) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 5(a)

[^key-cc5001ea33009d582a74507813d292fe]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 omitted (1.1.2022) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 13(3)(b) (with art. 16)

[^key-d1317185c1e86a05ec8719e31a38c9b9]: Art. 15(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(7)

[^key-d6e76573866e7f8d1baed99db7e39174]: Art. 1A inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 6

[^key-d6ef7225711fbfdd0800dba28ccc1308]: Words in art. 16(3)(e) substituted (15.4.2015) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/534), arts. 1, 7(b)

[^key-d9981943f40d16bb3c1750bfbd4fc5fa]: Art. 4(5)-(9) inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 5(3)

[^key-dc300023dd11daaceabd722aaf879cea]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 5(c) (with art. 16)

[^key-dc4ed0cc9939177e94901fa220ca784b]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 5(a) (with art. 16)

[^key-dc924b44fca3e86e50a4bf7f7c6ec6c4]: Art. 5(1)-(1B) substituted for art. 5(1) (15.4.2013) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/816), arts. 1(2), 9

[^key-dd969ecc4821d71a88462d2074d0bfbe]: Art. 16(3)(ea) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 10(3) (with art. 16)

[^key-e0341f3ed96e5995c63f38490d7919da]: Art. 3(5A) inserted (15.4.2009) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/843), arts. 1, 3(3)

[^key-e10498363b6f4a72a26ab918fbcd7f27]: Words in art. 20(13)(14) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(13)

[^key-e2a0e780f006619f0e300027e806a37b]: Words in art. 23(8A) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 12 (with art. 16)

[^key-e305ffc527ed82707ec8910c2236c42f]: Art. 4(1)(a) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 9(2)(a)

[^key-e3841d1551e56352474a992663b4f1b0]: Words in art. 4(8) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 9(7)(a)

[^key-e55912f45c3dc274985813c5e362d652]: Art. 4(8)(a)(iii) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 9(7)(c)(ii)

[^key-e573f4ff58acec083f28120acca1a51a]: Art. 2(3) inserted (15.4.2013) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/816), arts. 1(2), 3

[^key-e5f754d30d46904dc3b641b4c8b4d586]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (15.4.2015) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/534), arts. 1, 3

[^key-e6f86ff96123874a67211b62a604f14b]: Words in art. 22(2)(e) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 20(4)

[^key-e896d6d377ecabd9fb8e5a615014af31]: Words in art. 17A(1)(a)(iii)(cc) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 8

[^key-e9e0aa50608904e1fbb9145ec30cb0d9]: Art. 3(2E) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 5(d)

[^key-ea4eace3ac5246f4554d77c695bbc5e5]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 5(f) (with art. 16)

[^key-eaad1b8e2864da762f564088e44abe5e]: Art. 14 omitted (15.12.2011) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 11

[^key-ebd8e02ba6ec03335aff01d10ca9f131]: Art. 19 substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 20

[^key-ec621e501aacd684344f89edb6ac3873]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 4(b)

[^key-ed3bb0443010c4d63e631b8feed52727]: Words in art. 13(3) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 9(b)

[^key-eda7e56eb45d80fbfaf29ab1d903421f]: Art. 17(3)(b) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 18(5)(b)

[^key-ee85478470df918880f1772926caaacf]: Arts. 16A, 16B inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 14

[^key-ef7677471f61edb773cb4c3d5f0a5faf]: Words in art. 18(3) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 16

[^key-efe10d6af34e1a1fdc75b9e8d5c701a3]: Art. 17(3) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 15(3)

[^key-f064c253c46e4ace990b14fef6841012]: Words in art. 5(1) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 11(2)(a)

[^key-f1e54005abf25bd138fab5ad10dec374]: Art. 3(5B)(a) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 8(4)

[^key-f2198ef296ef5aabb1f96dd9421f6475]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(4) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 13(5)(b) (with art. 16)

[^key-f3c136a912144101ba77c2178db5e0ab]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 5(e) (with art. 16)

[^key-f4b23ea0dd9768bea60210ec80f1c9ea]: Art. 5(4B)(e) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 11(8)(f)

[^key-f4f6b4f0932b9dbbdf2c729365995daf]: Words in art. 20(9) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)

[^key-f5ab28c949b6f06248bcce0cb0292bbf]: Art. 17(1A) inserted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 15(2)

[^key-f7b334d9d19d97dedf3a0b76cf2e43d9]: Word in art. 3(2C)(b) substituted for full stop (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 5(b)

[^key-f81ab59219866d1810670c265034705e]: Words in art. 20(1)(b) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 18(1)

[^key-f8b05891752fb7853be6ee57762c8c76]: Semicolon in Art. 15(1)(m)(v) substituted for full stop (1.7.2024) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/634), arts. 1, 6(a)

[^key-fa4248ee5adb768cbd154a974f923a68]: Words in art. 20(7)(a) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)

[^key-fa4f24854b584c9ac7684d92799728cc]: Art. 16(2)(a)(ii) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1420), arts. 1, 10(2) (with art. 16)

[^key-fc34acf64212649f3f821e167cf8deb7]: Words in art. 15(2)(b) omitted (15.12.2011) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 12(3)

[^key-fcb92b0ffaf88f1ee503c9ea9bdfeabb]: Words in art. 22(2)(d) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 20(3)

[^key-ff32c0e7125dfa0dfaa1866a5fc212b5]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 3(1)

[^key-fff216bbc9107e06f0bb26dc5bdf3cf7]: Art. 12(1)(a)(vi) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 13(2)(d)

[^M_F_05d347ee-a194-44d5-d26e-e7044cbd9070]: Sch. para. 3(4) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(4)(e)

[^M_F_3f3fcf85-fbee-4756-c16f-6bed1595a443]: Word in Sch. para. 3(2) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(4)(a)

[^M_F_4176f276-a358-4f14-ebfc-6efa38ccfef7]: Sch. para. 4 substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(5)

[^M_F_4be6a217-1940-4f7b-b85d-8b23d2da3d86]: Word in Sch. para. 3(2)(a) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(4)(b)(i)

[^M_F_540482b3-61b5-4ca3-f5dc-b4de770186ab]: Words in Sch. para. 1 substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(2)(f)

[^M_F_68bd7fb9-4456-488d-89fe-63b883757266]: Words in Sch. para. 3(3) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(4)(d)

[^M_F_9f33b238-192d-4f15-f072-e5288e54948a]: Words in Sch. para. 1 omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(2)(d)

[^M_F_a493579d-6c91-400c-a7ab-c4171a3102ce]: Words in Sch. para. 1 omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(2)(a)

[^M_F_a8a09d62-4ca5-442b-89a3-c6cd264b2a16]: Words in Sch. para. 1 substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(2)(e)

[^M_F_bf2a5097-3070-476f-e083-c4d8878cf071]: Words in Sch. para. 1 omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(2)(c)

[^M_F_edaa1601-a53e-4a6b-f406-168a162d16ec]: Sch. para. 3(2)(b)-(d) substituted for Sch. para. 3(2)(b) (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(4)(c)

[^M_F_f5ae24cb-3843-45aa-83ad-c2a8b66916eb]: Word in Sch. para. 3(2)(a) omitted (15.4.2018) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 27(4)(b)(ii)

[^key-83036cea19e7e99833fc2a8a74a632b0]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 27(a)(i)

[^key-01bddba9afaf1910e48fb34c85b06dcb]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 27(a)(ii)

[^key-b895385bfb9836351ea4e5fc1c37bb53]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 27(b)(i)

[^key-d312dc162ae76b9ccd7a592501a336e8]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 27(b)(ii)

[^key-8139ebef87dcb8481d8607165d7f231a]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2025) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 27(b)(iii)

[^key-fd2ea42434b4cced588f339d3531ae1d]: Word in art. 3(10)(b) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 28(c)

[^key-03e31f06b7e741d586110750071cfe37]: Art. 3(1A) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 28(a)

[^key-fa55591ddec62f85325b121137596a20]: Art. 3(1B) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 28(a)

[^key-7e79fdb2fbaf526221733cace011d599]: Art. 3(2D)(a) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 28(b)

[^key-c166421c0bff85059493489d1ce27b6f]: Art. 3(2D)(b) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 28(b)

[^key-9051179f5e427a2b362d48d3b44e7e0c]: Word in art. 4(8)(a)(ii) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 29

[^key-a876f5c11df1a825e55f6727112a2dac]: Word in art. 5(2A)(a) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 30

[^key-933a499c1501264b97f47f27acea5188]: Art. 16(6) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 31

[^key-31ff90c57238ab592a76f8244f1bc9f0]: Word in art. 17(1)(a) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1187), arts. 1(1), 32

Duty of the Secretary of State in respect of the directive

4A

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Determinations of amounts of transport fuel

Mass balance system

13A

• (1) A supplier must use a mass balance system in accordance with this article for the purposes of producing any information which the supplier is required to provide in pursuance of articles 12(4) and (7), and 13(5) and (7).

• (2) In using a mass balance system, and notwithstanding articles 12(4)(a) and 7(a), and 13(5)(a) and (7)(b), a supplier may report that the relevant feedstock or fuel has sustainability characteristics other than its actual sustainability characteristics if the condition in paragraph (3) is met.

• (3) That condition is that none of the relevant feedstock or fuel which is subject to that mass balance system is reported to have sustainability characteristics other than those attributed to it by that system.

• (4) In this article, “report” means report under articles 12(4) and (7), and 13(5) and (7), and “reported” is to be construed accordingly.

• (5) A mass balance system is a system which—

• (a) allows amounts of relevant feedstock or fuel with different sustainability characteristics to be mixed (“the mixture”);

• (b) provides for the sustainability characteristics of amounts added to the mixture to be attributed to other amounts withdrawn from the mixture; and

• (c) requires the sustainability characteristics attributed to the sum of the amounts withdrawn from the mixture to be the same, and in the same quantities, as the sustainability characteristics attributed to the sum of the amounts added to the mixture.

• (6) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) to (5), the sustainability characteristics of relevant feedstock or fuel include—

• (a) its type;

• (b) its place of origin; and

• (c) any other matter relevant to its compliance with the sustainability criteria.

Duty to report to Parliament

Other powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Administrator

Verifier’s assurance procedures and reports

16A

• (1) Subject to paragraph (3), a verifier’s assurance report must—

• (a) confirm that the assurance procedures used in the preparation of the report—

• (i) met the requirements in respect of limited assurance engagements prescribed in ISAE 3000, or an equivalent standard; and

• (ii) were undertaken by a person with appropriate expertise who is not the supplier or a connected person of the supplier;

• (b) be prepared by a person with appropriate expertise who is not the supplier or a connected person of the supplier and in accordance with the requirements in respect of limited assurance engagements prescribed in ISAE 3000, or an equivalent standard;

• (c) consider whether the relevant systems used to collate and report information relating to the compliance of renewable transport fuel with the sustainability criteria are likely to produce relevant data which is reasonably accurate and reliable and whether there are controls in place to help protect against material misstatements due to fraud or error;

• (d) where the verifier intends to use as evidence work performed by the supplier or another party, consider the frequency and methodology of sampling used by that party and the robustness of the relevant data; and

• (e) state whether anything has come to the verifier’s attention to indicate that—

• (i) the relevant data has not been prepared in accordance with any guidance produced by the Administrator under article 15(2)(b); and

• (ii) the information provided by the supplier under article 12 or 13 in respect of the renewable transport fuel covered by the application is not accurate.

• (2) In paragraph (1)—

• “relevant data” means—the information referred to in paragraph (1)(c); andany other information or data on which that information is based;

• “relevant systems” means the systems by which the relevant data were produced;

• “sampling” means sampling for the purposes of obtaining or checking the relevant data.

• (3) If the Administrator requires a transport fuel supplier to produce a verifier’s assurance report under article 12(5) (also see article 12(8)), then paragraph (1) has effect as if for “limited assurance engagements”, in both places where the words occur, there were substituted “limited assurance engagements or, if the Administrator requires, reasonable assurance engagements”.

Annual verifier’s report on additional sustainability information

16B

• (1) A transport fuel supplier which has made an application for RTF certificates in respect of renewable transport fuel supplied during an obligation period must submit a report which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of article 16A as modified in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), article 16A is to have effect as if, in paragraph (1)(c), for “information relating to the compliance of renewable transport fuel with the sustainability criteria” there were substituted “additional sustainability information”.

• (3) The report referred to in paragraph (1) must be submitted to the Administrator—

• (a) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, by 12th August of that year (or the next working day after 12th August, if 12th August is not a working day);

• (b) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, by 12th May of the following year (or the next working day after 12th May, if 12th May is not a working day),

or such later date as the Administrator may notify to the supplier for the purposes of this paragraph.

• (4) A report submitted under paragraph (1) need not confirm matters already confirmed by a verifier’s assurance report submitted to the Administrator.

Issue of RTF certificates

Transfers of RTF certificates

Use of an RTF certificate in a later obligation period

Revocation of an RTF certificate

PART 7 — Transitional provisions

Transitional provisions

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Determination of the specified amount

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Discharging a renewable transport fuel obligation

27

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Information from obligated suppliers

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Application for RTF certificates

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Issue of RTF certificates

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Interpretation

Compliance with the sustainability criteria

Greenhouse gas emission saving threshold

Minimum emission saving

Default value

Actual value

Land criteria

Review

1A

• (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

• (a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in this Order; and

• (b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

• (2) The first report must be published before 15th April 2023.

• (3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

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• (5) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this article must, in particular—

• (a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a);

• (b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;

• (c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and

• (d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

• (6) In this article, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

Interpretation

Definitions of fuels and fuel products

Issue of an additional RTF certificate

17A

• (1) This article applies if—

• (a) a transport fuel supplier applies under this Order for an RTF certificate in respect of—

• (i) RFNBO;

• (ii) renewable transport fuel which is made from dedicated energy crops; or

• (iii) renewable transport fuel which is made from one of the following—

• (aa) processing residue;

• (bb) residues from agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries or forestry;

• (cc) waste , except for wastes of fossil origin; and

• (b) the fuel described in sub-paragraph (a) qualifies under article 17 for the issue of an RTF certificate for each whole litre of that fuel.

• (2) If this article applies in relation to a fuel of a type falling within paragraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii), the Administrator must issue to the supplier an additional RTF certificate in respect of each whole litre of that fuel.

• (3) If this article applies in relation to a fuel of a type falling within paragraph (1)(a)(iii), the Administrator must decide whether the fuel produces one or more of the effects described in section 126(4) of the 2004 Act.

• (4) If the Administrator decides under paragraph (3) that the fuel produces one or more of those effects, the Administrator must then decide whether, based on that effect (or those effects), to issue to the supplier an additional RTF certificate in respect of each whole litre of that fuel.

• (5) When making a decision under paragraph (4), the Administrator must consider any alternative uses and alternative disposal outcomes which could have been adopted or used for the relevant residue or waste.

Transfers of RTF certificates

Use of RTF certificates in later obligation periods

Revocation of an RTF certificate

Calculation of maximum amount of relevant crop renewable transport fuel that may count towards meeting the obligation

21A

The maximum amount of renewable transport fuel derived from relevant crops which may be used to meet an obligated supplier’s renewable transport fuel obligation in an obligation period listed in column (1) of the following table is the amount of such fuel which equates to the percentage, listed in the corresponding entry in column (2), of the total volume of relevant fuel supplied by the supplier in relation to the obligation period—

(1) Obligation period	(2) Percentage of total volume of relevant fuel supplied
15th April to 31st December 2018	4.00%
1st January to 31st December 2019	4.00%
1st January to 31st December 2020	4.00%
1st January to 31st December 2021	3.83%
1st January to 31st December 2022	3.67%
1st January to 31st December 2023	3.50%
1st January to 31st December 2024	3.33%
1st January to 31st December 2025	3.17%
1st January to 31st December 2026	3.00%
1st January to 31st December 2027	2.83%
1st January to 31st December 2028	2.67%
1st January to 31st December 2029	2.50%
1st January to 31st December 2030	2.33%
1st January to 31st December 2031	2.17%
1st January to 31st December 2032, and subsequent obligation periods	2.00%

Re-cycling of buy-out payments

SCHEDULE 2 — Land criteria

Meeting the land criteria

1

A relevant feedstock meets the land criteria if the renewable transport fuel supplier provides evidence, by reference to the guidance published by the Administrator under article 15(1)(m), that satisfies the Administrator that the relevant feedstock was not obtained from land of a description falling within paragraphs 2 to 4, subject to the exceptions set out in those paragraphs.

Prohibited land categories

2

Land with a high biodiversity value that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land continues to have that status—

• (a) primary forest or other wooded land of native species, where there is no clearly visible indication of human activity and the ecological processes are not significantly disturbed;

• (b) land not falling within sub-paragraph (a) which is, or which has been identified as, highly biodiverse forest or other wooded land that is species-rich and not degraded, unless—

• (i) the land is designated for nature protection purposes; and

• (ii) evidence is provided that satisfies the Administrator that the production of the relevant feedstock did not interfere with the purposes for which the land is designated for nature protection purposes;

• (c) land not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) which is designated for nature protection purposes, including for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species, unless evidence is provided that satisfies the Administrator that the production of the relevant feedstock did not interfere with the purposes for which the land is designated for nature protection purposes;

• (d) highly biodiverse grassland spanning more than one hectare that is—

• (i) natural grassland that would remain as grassland and that maintains its natural species composition and ecological characteristics and processes in the absence of human intervention; or

• (ii) non-natural grassland that would cease to be grassland in the absence of human intervention and that is species-rich and not degraded and which has been identified as being highly biodiverse, unless evidence is provided that satisfies the Administrator that the harvesting of the raw material is necessary to preserve its status as highly biodiverse grassland.

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• (1) Land with high-carbon stock that had one of the following statuses at any time in January 2008 and which no longer has that status—

• (a) wetlands, where the land is covered with, or saturated by, water permanently or for a significant part of the year;

• (b) continuously forested areas spanning more than one hectare with trees higher than five metres and a canopy cover of more than 30%, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ;

• (c) land spanning more than one hectare with trees higher than five metres and a canopy cover of between 10% and 30%, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, unless evidence is provided that satisfies the Administrator that the GHG emission saving from the use of the renewable transport fuel concerned is equal to or greater than the minimum GHG emission saving applicable to the fuel at the time when it is used, as set out in Schedule 1.

• (2) But this paragraph does not apply if, at the time the relevant feedstock was harvested, the land concerned had the same status as it had in January 2008.

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Land that was peatland at any time in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that satisfies the Administrator that the cultivation and harvesting of the raw material concerned did not involve drainage of previously undrained soil.

SCHEDULE 3 — Forest criteria

Meeting the forest criteria

1

Forest biomass meets the forest criteria if the renewable transport fuel supplier provides evidence, by reference to the guidance published by the Administrator under article 15(1)(m), that satisfies the Administrator that the requirements in paragraphs 2 and 3 are met, subject to the exceptions set out in those paragraphs.

Legal framework

2

• (1) The country in which the forest biomass was harvested has in place a legal framework, including monitoring and enforcement systems, to ensure that—

• (a) the forest biomass has been harvested in accordance with applicable laws;

• (b) the area of harvesting of the forest biomass is subject to forest regeneration, and for this purpose “forest regeneration” means the re-establishment of a forest stand by natural or artificial means following the removal of the previous stand by felling or as a result of natural causes, including fire or storm;

• (c) the forest biomass has not been harvested from wetlands, peatlands or from a protected area, unless—

• (i) the land is designated for nature protection purposes; and

• (ii) the production of the relevant feedstock did not interfere with the purposes for which the land is designated for nature protection purposes;

• (d) the harvesting of the forest biomass has been carried out with consideration for the maintenance of, and with the aim of minimising any decline in, soil quality and biodiversity; and

• (e) the harvesting of the forest biomass has been carried out in a manner that maintains or improves the long-term production capacity of the forest from which it was harvested.

• (2) But if evidence is not available to demonstrate that the legal framework described in sub-paragraph (1) is in place in the country concerned, then the Administrator must be satisfied that management systems at the forest sourcing area level were in place in that country to ensure that the conditions in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (e) were met.

• (3) In this Schedule, “sourcing area” means the geographically defined area from which the forest biomass is sourced, from which reliable and independent information is available to show that the conditions in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (e) were met, and where conditions are sufficiently homogeneous to evaluate the risk of the sustainability and legality characteristics of the forest biomass.

Land-use, land-use change and forestry

3

• (1) The country or regional economic integration organisation of origin of the forest biomass is a party to the 2015 Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and—

• (a) has submitted a nationally determined contribution (“NDC”) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, covering emissions and removals from agriculture, forestry and land use which ensures that changes in carbon stock associated with forest biomass harvest are counted towards the country’s commitment to reduce or limit GHG emissions as specified in the NDC; or

• (b) has laws in place, which are applicable in the area of the harvesting, and which regulate the harvesting of forest biomass, to conserve and enhance carbon stocks and sinks, and which require that evidence is provided to show that reported land-use, land-use change and forestry-sector emissions do not exceed removals.

• (2) But if evidence is not available to demonstrate that the requirement in sub-paragraph (1) is satisfied, then the Administrator must be satisfied that management systems were in place at the forest sourcing area level to ensure that carbon stocks and sink levels in the forest are maintained or increased over the long-term.

Designation of wastes of fossil origin

15A

• (1) The Administrator must determine the wastes of fossil origin that may be used in the production of a recycled carbon fuel and designate each such waste as a relevant feedstock.

• (2) In making a determination under paragraph (1), the Administrator must consider—

• (a) whether the production, supply or use of a fuel produced using a waste of fossil origin has one or more of the effects described in section 126(4) of the 2004 Act; and

• (b) any alternative uses and disposal outcomes available for that waste of fossil origin.

• (3) The Administrator must publish a list containing each waste of fossil origin designated as a relevant feedstock under paragraph (1).