{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-duties-act-1979/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/5",
  "legislation_title": "Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-duties-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The person taking a sample—\n(a) if he takes it from a motor vehicle vehicle or a vessel, shall if practicable do so in the presence of a person appearing to him to be the owner or person for the time being in charge of the vehicle or the vessel;\n(b) if he takes the sample on any premises but not from a motor vehicle vehicle or a vessel, shall if practicable take it in the presence of a person appearing to him to be the occupier of the premises or for the time being in charge of the part of the premises from which it is taken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 1(a) substituted (1.10.2021 for N.I.) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 11 paras. 14(2)(a)(i), 18; S.I. 2021/740, reg. 3 (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 1(a) inserted (1.10.2021 for N.I.) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 11 paras. 14(2)(a)(ii), 18; S.I. 2021/740, reg. 3 (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 1(b) substituted (1.10.2021 for N.I.) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 11 paras. 14(2)(b), 18; S.I. 2021/740, reg. 3 (with reg. 1(2))"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:19:15.419499+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."
}