[Default] On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:08:31 +0000, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>>>>No. Red diesel CAN be used in vehicles off road. Snag is ensuring that you >>>>don't burn any of it while on road. (with limited exceptions) >>> >>> Yes, it can. But only if the vehicles are being used for industrial >>> or commercial purposes. Vehicles for private use off road must use >>> white. >> >>However, as it is not legal to drive a vehicle off road if the "off road" is >>a public place, a vehicle being used off road has to be on private ground, >>and thus can use any fuel it likes. > >Sorry, Iain, but no. The taxation of the off-road fuel is dependent >on its use, not on where it is used. Off-road propulsion for other >than industrial or commercial (or, of course, bloody farming which >unjustifiably gets every tax break known to man while ruining the >countryside) purposes requires that white be used, on public and >private land. > Adrian, I wouldn't pick an argument with a policeman................. Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk Friends of the Cromford Canal: http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk (Waterways World Site of the Month, November 2005)
