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If we decide to allow you to add kerosene to your vehicle’s fuel, we’ll send you a permit stating the circumstances in which you can use kerosene. 11. HMRC response to illegal fuel use 11.1 What will happen if you misuse rebated fuel raise charitable funds, which are used to further these educational aims and support local communities Similarly, running and participating in events which provide information and education that benefits horticulture or forestry are considered as purposes relating to horticulture or forestry. Can this journey be made using a tractor and trailer running on red diesel? If I were to have to put in white diesel to make the journey, can I drain out the red that is already in the tractor? driving an agricultural vehicle to and from a place where it is to be used or has been used for agricultural, horticultural, or forestry purposes

A. To be able to use red diesel the nature of the work must be agricultural, horticultural or forestry related and the contractor must be acting in the same capacity as the farmer would. The vehicle must be registered as being in agricultural use. a golf course, driving range, or land maintained by a community amateur sports club, where it’s kept Otherwise known as rebated diesel, gas oil, off-road diesel or “tractor diesel”, red diesel is a fuel intended for use other than road fuel, and is therefore taxed at a lower rate, hence why it is cheaper. Due to its lower duty rate, there are strict legal requirements about when and how it can be used, which is why it is dyed red to help identify illegal use. What is changing? enter any premises (except private dwelling houses) and inspect, test and sample any oil on the premises, whether in a vehicle, machine or elsewhere — in entering the premises, an officer may bring with them any vehicle used for carrying out official duties A heating system that uses a furnace or boiler designed or adapted to use kerosene as fuel. 8. Use of red diesel in exceptional circumstancesSpecific details on the acceptable uses of each type of vehicle are given in section 3. 2.3 Vessels Q. Is there a limit on the distance I can travel with my own grain to a mill? Does the same rule apply when delivering your own straw to other farms or stables and your own-bagged potatoes to shops? It’s illegal to use gas oil in road-going vehicles and it’s considered a tax evasion to do so. Red diesel is legal for use in off-road vehicles, machinery and commercial boilers. Can I remove the red dye from red diesel? However, an agricultural tractor is defined as one which cannot exceed 25mph. As this high-speed tractor will travels at speeds greater than 25mph it may not fit the classification of an agricultural tractor. You would need to take this further with DVLA to ensure the tractor is correctly registered.

For example, services such as school catering and cleaning by commercial contractors do not mean that the premises are used for ‘commercial purposes’. 7.17 Kerosene heating systemexamine any vehicle or machine, and any oil in or on it and to inspect, test or sample any oil in the fuel supply A. Red diesel can only be used on the road by ‘exempted’ vehicles. To qualify these vehicles must be engaged in an agricultural, horticultural of forestry related activity. These vehicles include: horticulture — the science and art of cultivating or managing gardens, including the growing of flowers, fruits and vegetables and aspects of arboriculture involving the management of trees, shrubs and woody plants in gardens aquatic farming — the science and art of breeding fish and other aquatic animals, or growing aquatic plants, usually for food, in fish ponds, tanks or other artificial enclosures or environments

cultivating and managing trees, shrubs and woody plants outside of gardens (such as in recreational areas, and so on) except where these activities are purposes relating to forestry — as defined in this sectionfor vehicles, the date of, and number of miles travelled in, any journey and whether the vehicle was using rebated or duty-paid diesel Red diesel is a fuel used for power generation in off-road vehicles, machinery and commercial boilers. It’s cheaper than regular diesel due to a lower tax rate applied; however, it’s important not to use it in road-going vehicles as this is breaking the law. A. Red diesel is taxed at 11.14p/litre, white diesel at 57.95p/litre, and Ultra Low Sulphur diesel at 57.95p/litre. By cultivation and management, we mean growing and tending flowers, lawns, shrubs and trees, and harvesting flowers, fruits and vegetables for food (or animal fodder) and for ornament, as well as treating and enriching the soil and controlling weeds and pests. A. A farmer transporting his own produce with his tractor may use red. A contractor who is employed to harvest and then move produce may use red, but a contractor employed merely to move someone else’s produce must use white.

If your business involves the cultivation and maintenance of a garden or gardens, this within the definition of horticulture.Section 12 explains our interpretation of purposes relating to agriculture (including aquatic farming), horticulture and forestry in the ‘Memorandum of Agreement’, agreed by: