Storing agricultural fuel oil

If you store oil for agricultural use on a farm in Scotland, you must comply with the Oil Storage Regulations.

If you store agricultural fuel oil in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, there are separate regulations that govern how you must store it.

Even if the regulations do not apply to you, you are committing an offence if you cause pollution, either deliberately or accidentally. If oil from your site, or under your care, causes pollution, you may be prosecuted and the courts may fine you.

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