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The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007

S.I. 2007/3072 · Made 25 October 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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TRANSPORT

ENERGY

SUSTAINABLE AND RENEWABLE FUELS

Made 25th October 2007

Coming into force 26th October 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 124 to 130, 132(1), 132(4) and 192(4)(c) of the Energy Act 2004 M1.

A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with sections 124(5) and 192(3) of that Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

In accordance with section 124(4) of that Act, before making this Order the Secretary of State has consulted with such persons appearing to her to represent persons whose interests will be affected by the Order, and such other persons, as she considers appropriate.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

2004 c.20.

Contents

  1. Part 1: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 1AReview
  4. 2Interpretation
  5. 3Definitions of fuels and fuel products
  6. Part 2: RENEWABLE TRANSPORT FUEL OBLIGATIONS
  7. 4The renewable transport fuel obligation
  8. 4ADuty of the Secretary of State in respect of the directive Repealed
  9. 5Determinations of amounts of transport fuel
  10. Part 3: THE ADMINISTRATOR
  11. 6The Administrator
  12. 7Establishment of RTF Accounts
  13. 8Power of the Administrator to require further information or evidence
  14. 9Closures of accounts
  15. 10Managing accounts
  16. 11Processing of information and evidence
  17. 12Duty to require information from obligated suppliers
  18. 13Power to require information
  19. 13AMass balance system
  20. 14Duty to report to Parliament Repealed
  21. 15Other powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Administrator
  22. 15ADesignation of wastes of fossil origin
  23. Part 4: RTF CERTIFICATES
  24. 16Application for RTF certificates
  25. 16AVerifier’s assurance procedures and reports
  26. 16BAnnual verifier’s report on additional sustainability information
  27. 17Issue of RTF certificates
  28. 17AIssue of an additional RTF certificate
  29. 18Transfers of RTF certificates
  30. 19Use of RTF certificates in later obligation periods
  31. 20Revocation of an RTF certificate
  32. Part 5: DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATION
  33. 21Payments
  34. 21ACalculation of maximum amount of relevant crop renewable transport fuel that may count towards meeting the obligation
  35. 22Re-cycling of buy-out payments
  36. Part 6: IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES
  37. 23Civil penalties
  38. 24Objections to civil penalties
  39. Part 7: Transitional provisions Repealed
  40. 25Transitional provisions Repealed
  41. 26Determination of the specified amount Repealed
  42. 27Discharging a renewable transport fuel obligation Repealed
  43. 28Information from obligated suppliers Repealed
  44. 29Application for RTF certificates Repealed
  45. 30Issue of RTF certificates Repealed
  46. Signature
  47. Schedule 1: SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA
  48. 1Interpretation
  49. 2Compliance with the sustainability criteria
  50. 3Greenhouse gas emission saving threshold
  51. 4Minimum emission saving
  52. 5Default value Repealed
  53. 6Actual value Repealed
  54. 7Land criteria Repealed
  55. 8Land criteria Repealed
  56. 9Land criteria Repealed
  57. Schedule 2: Land criteria
  58. 1Meeting the land criteria
  59. 2Prohibited land categories
  60. 3Prohibited land categories
  61. 4Prohibited land categories
  62. Schedule 3: Forest criteria
  63. 1Meeting the forest criteria
  64. 2Legal framework
  65. 3Land-use, land-use change and forestry
  66. Explanatory note