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99A. Relief for qualifying road transport operators.

(1) In this section -

''competent authority'' in relation to another Member State, means the authority that has responsibility in that Member State for the administration of excise duties on mineral oil;

''fuel card'' means a card or other electronic means, issued by a fuel card provider, for the primary purpose of purchasing petrol or gas oil;

''fuel card provider'' means a company or other entity, or any association of such companies or entities, which provides fuel cards to persons, subject to an agreement with such persons;

''gas oil'' means gas oil on which mineral oil tax at the standard rate (within the meaning of section 97(2)) has been paid;

''qualifying motor vehicle'' means -

(a) a motor vehicle designed and constructed solely for the carriage of goods by road, and with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of not less than 7.5 tonnes, or

(b) a motor vehicle designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers by road, and falling within Category M2 or Category M3 referred to in Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 [OJ No. L151, 14.6.2018, p. 1];

''qualifying road transport operator'', as the case requires, means -