Tractors using red diesel (FOI)Tractors using red diesel (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
28 May 2025.Prepared internally, no external costs.
​Request 713460163
With more tractors using the main roads these days;
How many tractors have been stopped and checked for using Red Diesel?
And, out of those checked, how many were using Regular Diesel?
Clarification requested
Please confirm the date range required for the information requested?
Clarification received
The date range for this is;
2020 – present day.
Response
There are no references to red diesel stop checks within the past ten years. Nor were there any recorded offences. Therefore, the requested information is not held by States of Jersey Police.
Article applied
Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.​​​