
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Hydrocarbon Oil (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994.
(2) Regulations 1 and 2 shall come into force on 16th March 1994.
(3) The remainder of these Regulations shall come into force on 18th March 1994.
2 
The Hydrocarbon Oil (Amendment) Regulations 1994 are hereby revoked.
3 
The Hydrocarbon Oil Regulations 1973 shall be amended as follows.
4 
For regulation 18 there shall be substituted–“
18 

(1) The following markers and colouring substance are prescribed for the purposes of regulation 17.
(2) For gas oil the marker described in either paragraph (5)(a) or paragraph (5)(b) below.
(3) For light oil the marker described in paragraph (5)(a) below.
(4) For kerosene the marker described in either paragraph (5)(b) or paragraph (5)(c) below.
(5) The markers are–
(a) 1,4–dihydroxyanthraquinone added in the proportion of not less than 1.75 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil;
(b) 4–[N–ethyl–2–(1–isobutoxyethoxy)ethylamino]azobenzene added in the proportion of not less than 5 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil; and
(c) coumarin added in the proportion of not less than 2 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil.
(6) For gas oil and light oil the prescribed colouring substance is CI Solvent Red 24 as described in the Colour Index added in the proportion of not less than 4 kilograms per 1,000,000 litres of oil.”.
5 
In regulations 20 and 21 the words “by Regulation 18” shall be omitted.
6 
In regulations 28 and 29 for the words “either of the markers”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “any prescribed marker”.
Leonard Harris
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ
10th March 1994