{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-stocking-order-2012/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-stocking-order-2012/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2862",
  "legislation_title": "The Oil Stocking Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-stocking-order-2012",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Substantial suppliers to the United Kingdom market",
  "text": "(1) A person (“S”) is a substantial supplier to the United Kingdom for the purpose of section 6(2)(b) of the 1976 Act if during a relevant period—\n(a) S supplied crude liquid petroleum or petroleum products to the United Kingdom market in the course of carrying on an undertaking; and\n(b) the amount supplied by S exceeded 50,000 tonnes.\n(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), the amount supplied is the total amount of crude liquid petroleum or petroleum products—\n(a) used in the United Kingdom by S and, if S is a company, by any company associated with S;\n(b) supplied by S to another person for use in the United Kingdom.\n(3) In this article—\n“holding company” and “subsidiary” are to be construed in accordance with section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006 ;\n“relevant period” means a period of 12 months starting not earlier than 18 months before, and ending not earlier than 3 months before, the date when the Secretary of State is minded to give a direction to S under section 6(2)(b).\n(4) For the purposes of this article, a company (“C”) is associated with S where—\n(a) C is a subsidiary of S;\n(b) S is a subsidiary of C;\n(c) C and S are subsidiaries of the same holding company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2006 c.46. Amendments have been made that are not relevant for these purposes."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2862/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:13:25.262654+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."
}