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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-2007/article-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3072",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-2007",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Revocation of an RTF certificate",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the Administrator may revoke an RTF certificate where the Administrator is satisfied that—\n(a) the declaration provided in relation to that certificate pursuant to article 16(2)(a) is false,\n(b) the certificate was issued as a consequence of any fraudulent behaviour, statement or undertaking on the part of the transport fuel supplier to whom it was issued, any connected person or any person who has produced a verifier’s assurance report,\n(c) the information provided to the Administrator in relation to the certificate pursuant to article 12(1) was materially inaccurate,\n(d) the evidence provided in relation to the information referred to in sub-paragraph (c) was insufficient to substantiate it, or\n(e) the verifier’s assurance report was materially inaccurate.\n(2) Before revoking an RTF certificate, the Administrator must give notice in writing to the transport fuel supplier to whom the certificate was issued and, where the certificate has been transferred to another person to whose credit the certificate is held (a “transferee”), to that other person.\n(3) The notice must state—\n(a) that the Administrator is proposing to revoke the RTF certificate,\n(b) the grounds for the proposed revocation,\n(c) that the supplier and any transferee may make representations in writing to the Administrator in relation to the proposed revocation, and\n(d) that any such representations must be made within such period as the Administrator specifies, not being a period of less than 14 days beginning on the date of receipt of the notice.\n(4) The Administrator—\n(a) must consider any representations which are made under paragraph (3) and are relevant to the proposed revocation,\n(b) must decide whether to revoke the RTF certificate, but\n(c) may not revoke the certificate—\n(i) within a period of 28 days beginning on the date of the notice, and\n(ii) later than the revocation date in paragraph (4A).\n(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (4), the “revocation date” is—\n(a) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, 16th October of that year (or the next working day after 16th October, if 16th October is not a working day);\n(b) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, 16th July of the following year (or the next working day after 16th July, if 16th July is not a working day).\n(5) Where the Administrator revokes an RTF certificate, the Administrator must, within a period of seven days beginning on the date of revocation, but in any event not later than the applicable date in paragraph (5A)—\n(a) give notice in writing of such revocation to the supplier to whom the certificate was issued, and to any transferee, and\n(b) state in that notice—\n(i) the grounds for the revocation,\n(ii) that the supplier or any transferee (or both) may apply to the Administrator by notice in writing to reconsider the revocation, and\n(iii) the requirements about that notice which are set out in paragraph (7).\n(5A) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the “applicable date” is—\n(a) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, 23rd October of that year (or the next working day after 23rd October, if 23rd October is not a working day);\n(b) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, 23rd July of the following year (or the next working day after 23rd July, if 23rd July is not a working day).\n(6) Where the Administrator revokes an RTF certificate, the supplier to whom the certificate was issued or any transferee (or both) may apply to the Administrator by notice in writing to reconsider the revocation.\n(7) Such notice must—\n(a) be given to the Administrator within a period of 14 days beginning on the date of receipt of the notice of revocation, but in any event not later than the notice giving date in paragraph (7A),\n(b) set out the grounds for reconsidering the revocation, and\n(c) contain any representations which the supplier or transferee (as the case may be) wishes to make in relation to the reconsideration of the revocation.\n(7A) For the purposes of paragraph (7)(a), the “notice giving date” is—\n(a) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, 6th November of that year (or the next working day after 6th November, if 6th November is not a working day);\n(b) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, 6th August of the following year (or the next working day after 6th August, if 6th August is not a working day).\n(8) The Administrator must—\n(a) consider any representations which the supplier or transferee has made under paragraph (7), and\n(b) reconsider the revocation not later than the reconsideration date in paragraph (8A).\n(8A) For the purposes of paragraph (8)(b), the “reconsideration date” is—\n(a) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, 15th November of that year (or the next working day after 15th November, if 15th November is not a working day);\n(b) in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, 15th August of the following year (or the next working day after 15th August, if 15th August is not a working day).\n(9) On reconsidering the revocation, the Administrator must—\n(a) re-instate the RTF certificate, or\n(b) confirm the revocation of the certificate on the grounds referred to in paragraph (5)(b)(i) or on other grounds.\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(11) The Administrator must give notice in writing of its decision and, in the case of a confirmation of a revocation of an RTF certificate, of the grounds for that revocation, to the supplier to whom the certificate was issued, and to any transferee.\n(12) Where—\n(a) the Administrator does not reconsider the revocation by the date referred to in paragraph (8), or\n(b) an RTF certificate is revoked but is subsequently re-instated,\nthe certificate is deemed to have been re-instated as at the end of the obligation period to which the certificate relates.\n(13) The Administrator... may hold an oral hearing before making a decision on a proposed revocation or on a reconsideration of a revocation (as the case may be).\n(14) A person who provides information or produces evidence to the Administrator...in respect of a proposed revocation or a reconsideration of a revocation must ensure that that information or evidence is accurate ....",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(1)(b) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 18(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 20(1)(c)-(e) substituted for art. 20(1)(c)(d) (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 18(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in art. 20(1)(c) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(4)(c)(i) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 18(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 20(4)(c)(ii) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 20(4A) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(5) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(5)(b)(ii) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Art. 20(5A) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(6) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(7)(a) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(7)(a) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Art. 20(7A) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(8) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(8)(b) substituted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Art. 20(8A) inserted (15.4.2018) by The Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374), regs. 1, 21(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(9) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Art. 20(10) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(11) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(12)(a) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(13)(14) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/493), arts. 1(3), 7(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Words in art. 20(14) omitted (15.12.2011) by virtue of The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2937), arts. 1, 18(8)"
    }
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