UK Statutory Instrument
2007
United Kingdom
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007
At a glance
What's here
6 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Browse 7 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Prohibited land categories
(1) Land with high-carbon stock that had one of the...
Land that was peatland at any time in January 2008,...
Meeting the forest criteria
Legal framework
Land-use, land-use change and forestry
Duty to require information from obligated suppliers
- Report renewable transport fuel supplies to the Administrator
Power to require information
- Provide accurate information to the Administrator when requested
Mass balance system
- Use a mass balance system for reporting fuel sustainability characteristics
Annual verifier’s report on additional sustainability information
- Submit annual verifier's report on additional sustainability information
Revocation of an RTF certificate
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Administrator must follow due process before revoking an RTF certificate Statutory regulator
Re-cycling of buy-out payments
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- RTFO Administrator must calculate buy-out fund and pay suppliers who surrender RTF certificates Statutory regulator
Browse 39 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Interpretation
Compliance with the sustainability criteria
Greenhouse gas emission saving threshold
Minimum emission saving
Default value
Actual value
Land criteria
Citation and commencement
Review
Interpretation
Definitions of fuels and fuel products
The renewable transport fuel obligation
Duty of the Secretary of State in respect of the directive
Determinations of amounts of transport fuel
The Administrator
Establishment of RTF Accounts
Power of the Administrator to require further information or evidence
Closures of accounts
Managing accounts
Processing of information and evidence
Duty to report to Parliament
Other powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Administrator
Designation of wastes of fossil origin
Application for RTF certificates
Verifier’s assurance procedures and reports
Issue of RTF certificates
Issue of an additional RTF certificate
Transfers of RTF certificates
Use of RTF certificates in later obligation periods
Payments
Calculation of maximum amount of relevant crop renewable transport fuel that may count towards meeting the obligation
Civil penalties
Objections to civil penalties
Transitional provisions
Determination of the specified amount
Discharging a renewable transport fuel obligation
Information from obligated suppliers
Application for RTF certificates
Issue of RTF certificates
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