# The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999, Regulation 2: General interpretation


In these Regulations—
“BS EN ISO 3830:1996” means the British Standard which is entitled “Petroleum products—Determination of lead content of gasoline—Iodine monochloride method” and was published under number BS EN ISO 3830:1996;
“diesel fuel” has the same meaning as “diesel fuels” as defined in Article 2(2) of the Directive;
“the Directive” means Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC;
“distribute” in relation to motor fuel means either—
(a) import into the United Kingdom, or
(b) distribute from a refinery;
“filling station” means any premises used or intended to be used for fuelling motor vehicles with motor fuel in the course of the business of selling motor fuel by retail;
“filling station tank” means a tank at a filling station which stores motor fuel prior to its sale by retail;
“kPa” means kilopascal(s);
“leaded petrol” means petrol which (with the exception of the environmental specifications for lead content, research octane number and motor octane number in Annex I of the Directive) complies with the relevant requirements for petrol in regulations 4 and 5 and which has—
(a) a lead content of not less than 0.05g/l and not more than 0.15g/l measured in accordance with BS EN ISO 3830:1996,
(b) a research octane number of not less than 97 measured in accordance with the Test Method specified for research octane number in Annex I of the Directive, and
(c) a motor octane number of not less than 86 measured in accordance with the Test Method specified for motor octane number in Annex I of the Directive;
“motor fuel” means petrol or diesel fuel;
“petrol” has the same meaning as in Article 2(1) of the Directive;
“refinery” has the same meaning as in section 27(1) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979; and
“sell” means to sell by retail at a filling station and unless the context otherwise provides “sale”, “sells” and “sold” shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3107/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-fuel-composition-and-content-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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