{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-amendment-regulations-1977/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-amendment-regulations-1977/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1868",
  "legislation_title": "The Hydrocarbon Oil (Amendment) Regulations 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-amendment-regulations-1977",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973, as amended , shall be further amended as follows—\n(a) In Regulation 2—\n(i) in the definition of “gas”, for the words “ at a temperature of 60°F and under a pressure of one atmosphere” substitute the words “at a temperature of 15°C and under a pressure of 1013.25 millibars”, and\n(ii) in the definition of “heated oil”, for the words “60°F” substitute the words “15°C”;\n(b) In Regulation 12(1)(c) and Regulation 12(2)(a), for the word “gallons” substitute in both places the words “litres”;\n(c) In Regulation 15, for the word “gallons” (wherever occurring) substitute the word “litres”, and for the words “60°F” (in both places) substitute the words “15°C”;\n(d) In Regulation 19, for the words “one hundred thousand gallons” substitute the words “one million litres”, for the words “1¾ pounds” substitute the words “1.75 kilograms” and for the words “4 pounds” (in both places) substitute the words “4 kilograms”;\n(e) In Regulation 24(2)(b), for the word “fifty gallons” substitute the words “litres”;\n(f) In Regulation 27, for the words “fifty gallons” substitute the words “two hundred and fifty litres”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1973 II, p. 3984)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1974/379 (1974 I. p. 1208)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1868/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:45:35.515966+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}