{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-marking-and-designated-markers-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-marking-and-designated-markers-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/36",
  "legislation_title": "The Hydrocarbon Oil (Marking and Designated Markers) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-marking-and-designated-markers-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The Hydrocarbon Oil (Marking) Regulations 2002",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “the common fiscal marker”, insert ““the common United Kingdom fiscal marker” means ((3-(sec-butyl)-4-(decyloxy)phenyl)methanetriyl)tribenzene;”.\n(2) In regulation 3 (prescribed markers and colouring substance)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c), for “paragraph (2)(a) and (b)” substitute “paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (d)”; and\n(ii) in sub-paragraphs (b) and (d), for “paragraph (2)(a) and (c)” substitute “paragraph (2)(a), (c) and (d)”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) replace the full stop at the end of sub-paragraph (c) with a semi-colon; and\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(d) the common United Kingdom fiscal marker added in the proportion of not less than 2.5 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil.”;\n(c) in paragraph (3) after “oil”, insert “and containing not less than 0.4 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of 1-[(2-Methylphenyl) azo]-2-naphthol”;\n(d) in paragraph (4), for “regulation 3(2)(a), (b)” substitute “regulation 3(2)(a), (b), (d)”; and\n(e) in paragraph (5), for “regulation 3(2)(a) and (c)” substitute “regulation 3(2)(a), (c) and (d)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/36/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:06.351988+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."
}