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Version date: 23 March 2000 - onwards

91. Hydrocarbons.

(1) In this section -

"kerosene" means hydrocarbon (heavy) oil of which more than 50 per cent by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 240° Celsius;

"the Order of 1975" means the Imposition of Duties (No. 221) (Excise Duties) Order, 1975 (S.I. No. 307 of 1975);

"the Order of 1987" means the Imposition of Duties (No. 285) (Excise Duties) Order, 1987 (S.I. No. 19 of 1987);

"tax warehouse" has the meaning assigned to it by section 103 of the Finance Act, 1992.

(2) The amount of any rebate allowed under paragraph 12(3) of the Order of 1975 shall, in respect of any kerosene, which is imported or delivered from a tax warehouse on or after 2 December, 1999, be the amount of excise duty chargeable less an amount calculated at the rate of £2.50 per hectolitre in lieu of the rate specified in paragraph 5(8) of the Order of 1987.