{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-aviation-fuel-act-2026/section-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/9",
  "legislation_title": "Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-aviation-fuel-act-2026",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Levy on suppliers",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations (“levy regulations”) requiring relevant suppliers of aviation fuel to pay a levy to the designated counterparty for the purpose of enabling the counterparty to meet—\n(a) the cost of payments under revenue certainty contracts, and\n(b) other costs incurred under or by virtue of this Act (apart from costs incurred in complying with a direction under section 1(5)).\n(2) Levy regulations may include provision for the purpose of setting the levy at a level that enables the designated counterparty to hold sums in reserve.\n(3) Levy regulations may require relevant suppliers of aviation fuel to pay different amounts based on criteria relating to their relative market share (and may include provision about how their market share is to be determined for these purposes).\n(4) Levy regulations may create exemptions from the requirement to pay the levy.\n(5) Levy regulations may—\n(a) require a person to make payments on account of any liability of the person to pay the levy;\n(b) include provision about the repayment of sums paid on account.\n(6) Levy regulations may make provision about—\n(a) the method by which sums payable under the regulations are to be determined;\n(b) the payment of interest on late payments.\n(7) In this section “relevant supplier of aviation fuel” means a person who is or becomes subject to a renewable transport fuel obligation by virtue of supplying aviation fuel during the period specified in levy regulations.\n(8) In subsection (7) “renewable transport fuel obligation” has the meaning given by section 124(1) of the Energy Act 2004.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 19(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/9/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:42:26.922743+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."
}