# The Hydrocarbon Oil (Marking) Regulations 2002, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979;
“ASTM” means American Society for Testing and Materials;
“biodiesel excise duty point” means the excise duty point which applies for biodiesel by virtue of regulation 17 (excise duty points) of the Biofuels and Other Fuel Substitutes (Payment of Excise Duties etc) Regulations 2004;
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“the common United Kingdom fiscal marker” means ((3-(sec-butyl)-4-(decyloxy)phenyl)methanetriyl)tribenzene;
“coumarin” means 1,2-benzopyrone;
“dark oil” means heavy oil that is darker than ASTM colour 3.0 in the Table of Glass Colour Standards included in “Standard method of Test for ASTM Colour of Petroleum Products” adopted as a joint ASTM-IP standard with ASTM designation D 1500-98 and IP designation IP 196/97, which appears in “IP Standard Methods”, when the heavy oil and ASTM Colour 3.0 are compared in the manner described in that publication for that method of test;
“duty” means the excise duty charged on hydrocarbon oil by section 6(1) of the Act or, as the case may be, on bioblend under section 6AB of the Act;
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“the general marker” means N-Ethyl-N-[2-(1-isobutoxyethoxy)ethyl]-4-(phenylazo)aniline;
“IP” means Institute of Petroleum;
“IP Standard Methods” means “IP Standard Methods for Analysis and Testing of Petroleum and Related Products and British Standard 2000 Parts 2002”, 61st edition, May 2002, published by the Institute of Petroleum, ISBN 0 85293 348 7;
“kerosene” means heavy oil of which more than 50% by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 240°C;
“marker” means, except where the context requires otherwise, a marker or colouring substance prescribed by these Regulations and includes, in regulation 10, a composite solution of the type referred to in regulation 9;
“oil” means hydrocarbon oil;
“quinizarin” means 1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone;
“solvent orange” means 1-[(2-methylphenyl)azo]-2-naphthol;
“solvent red” means a dye that consists of at least 50% 1-(2-methyl-4-(2-methylphenylazo)phenylazo)-2-naphthol, with any remainder consisting of one or more of—
(a)1-(4-(phenylazo)phenylazo)-2-naphthol;
(b)1-[[3-methyl-4-[(3-methylphenyl)azo]phenyl]azo]-2-naphthol;
(c)1-[[2,5-dimethyl-4-[(2-methylphenyl)azo]phenyl]azo]-2-naphthol;
(d)1-[[4-[(dimethylphenyl)azo]dimethylphenyl]azo]-2-naphthol.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to marked oil or bioblend means oil or bioblend to which a marker has been added and related expressions must be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1773/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hydrocarbon-oil-marking-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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