HMRC mayrelax diesel law
CUSTOMS is monitoring Met Office forecasts of extreme weather in order to be able to respond to the needs of farmers who use ‘red diesel’ in their tractors when gritting public roads for their local communities.
Under normal circumstances, only vehicles designed and used solely for the purpose of gritting are entitled to use red diesel. Consequently, farmers who wish to use their tractors to grit public roads for their local communities are legally prevented from doing so.
A spokesman stated: “We understand that extreme weather requires a flexible response and HMRC have made plans to relax the rules on gritting temporarily, in the event of the UK experiencing a prolonged period of severe weather.
“If a temporary relaxation of the rules is required a formal announcement will be made on HMRC’s website.”