Finance (No. 2) Act 2008

Amendment of Chapter 1 (mineral oil tax) of Part 2 of Finance Act 1999.

48.— Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Finance Act 1999 is amended—

(a) in section 94(1) by deleting the definitions of “motor octane number” and “research octane number”,

(b) in section 96(2A)—

(i) in paragraph (a) by deleting the word “unleaded” in both places where it occurs,

(ii) in paragraph (b) by deleting the words “with a maximum sulphur content as provided for in that Schedule”,

(c) in section 97B(3) by substituting “an amount calculated at the rate of €232.27 per 1,000 litres on the quantity used” for “the amount of mineral oil tax paid less an amount calculated at the rate of €166.16 per 1,000 litres”.