- Location
- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
So if you're using a tractor that's normally on the farm and on red for occasional haulage - I'm thinking of moving a digger from town to local building site - is it ok just to chuck a tankful of DERV in? Obviously if stopped and dipped there would still be some red in the tank. I bet it isn't that simple, though it should be!
Technically no, because of the tax. I get that. But it's not for reward as such as it's just a favour. So even if I put a tankful of white in, I guess I'd still get what, fined? Tractor impounded?
The law says that for an agricultural vehicle to be entitled to use rebated fuel it has to be used solely for the purposes of agriculture, horticulture or forestry. The key word is solely. It means entirely ie you can’t use it for any other purposes not even once. You’ve got to realise that this bit is essential for an enforcement point of view, otherwise you can imagine that everyone, once caught, would insist that that was the first time they’d evaded the tax.