{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-regulations-1994/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-regulations-1994/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2295",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exemptions relating to the distribution or sale of motor fuel",
  "text": "(1) Regulations 6 and 7 do not apply to the distribution or sale of motor fuel for the purposes of tests or experiments in connection with—\n(a) the composition or content of motor fuel; or\n(b) the design or performance of any article which uses, or is intended to use, motor fuel, or any component or lubricant of such article, in a case where the composition or content of the fuel is relevant to such design or performance.\n(2) Regulations 6 and 7 do not apply to the distribution or sale of motor fuel—\n(a) for use in an aircraft (other than a hovercraft);\n(b) for use in a vehicle constructed or adapted for use solely in competitions or trials; or\n(c) which is in the course of being manufactured or blended.\n(3) Nothing in regulation 6 or 7 shall render it unlawful for a person to distribute or sell any motor fuel on the grounds that it fails to comply with any requirements mentioned in those regulations if—\n(a) the failure is due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person, accident or some other cause beyond his control; and\n(b) the person in question has taken all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid such failure by himself or any person under his control.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2295/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:26:46.369945+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."
}