Fuels (Control of Supplies) Order, 1982.

• Statutory Instrument No.: 280/1982
• Date: 25 August 1982

S.I. No. 280 of 1982.

FUELS (CONTROL OF SUPPLIES) ORDER, 1982.

WHEREAS there is in force an order under section 2 of the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1971 (No. 3 of 1971),

NOW, I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Industry and Energy in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1971 (as amended by the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1982 (No. 18 of 1982), the Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 295 of 1977 .), the Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 9 of 1980 ), and the Energy (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1981 ( S.I. No. 289 of 1981 ), hereby make the following Order: 1. This Order may be cited as the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Order, 1982. 2. In this Order—

"the Corporation" means the Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Energy or a person to whom his powers under this Order have been delegated under this Order;

"quarter" means any of the following periods:—

the period commencing on the 1st day of January and ending on the next following 31st day of March;

the period commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the next following 30th day of June;

the period commencing on the 1st day of July and ending on the next following 30th day of September;

the period commencing on the 1st day of October and ending on the next following 31st day of December;

"the refinery" means the refinery of the Irish Refining Company Limited situated at Whitegate in the county of Cork. 3. This Order applies to a person who imports into the State any of the following petroleum oils—

( a ) liquified petroleum gas,

( b ) fuel oil (whether light fuel oil, medium fuel oil or heavy fuel oil),

( c ) gas oil,

( d ) kerosene,

( e ) light virgin naphtha,

( f ) premium gasoline,

( g ) regular gasoline. 4. (1) ( a ) Subject to Articles 5, 6 and 10 of this Order, a person to whom this Order applies shall, in the period beginning on the 6th day of September, 1982 and ending on the 31st day of December, 1982, purchase from the Corporation, on such terms as shall (subject to Articles 7 and 14 of this Order) be fixed by the Corporation for all purchases under this Order and be communicated by the Corporation to persons to whom this Order applies, a quantity of each type of petroleum oil specified in Article 3 of this Order, being a type which that person imported into the State within the period of 15 months ending on the 6th day of September, 1982.

( b ) The quantity of each type of petroleum oil to be purchased under subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall be equal to that percentage of that person's total requirements for the period referred to in that subparagraph of that type of petroleum oil which the output of the refinery of that type (as forecast by the Corporation) for that period represents of the total requirements of that type for that period of all persons to whom this Order applies.

(2) ( a ) Subject to Articles 5, 6 and 10 of this Order, a person to whom this Order applies shall in each quarter (commencing with the first quarter of 1983) purchase from the Corporation, on such terms as shall (subject to Articles 7 and 14 of this Order) be fixed by the Corporation for all purchases under this Order and be communicated by the Corporation to persons to whom this Order applies, a quantity of each type of petroleum oil specified in Article 3 of this Order being a type which that person imported into the State within the period of 15 months ending at the commencement of that quarter.

( b ) The quantity of each type of petroleum oil to be purchased under subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall be equal to that percentage of that person's total requirements for the quarter concerned of that type of petroleum oil which the output of the refinery of that type (as forecast by the Corporation) for that quarter represents of the total requirements of that type for that quarter of all persons to whom this Order applies.

(3) ( a ) A person's total requirements of a type of petroleum oil shall be taken to be his purchases of that type of petroleum oil from the Corporation and his imports of that type of petroleum oil, being purchases or imports which he consumes or disposes of in the State.

( b ) The total requirements of all persons of a type of petroleum oil shall be taken to be the sum of the requirements of all persons to whom this Order applies as defined by subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.

( c ) (i) The requirements referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall be determined as being the quarterly average of the requirements (as defined by paragraph (3) (a) of this...