Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 [SI 2020 No. 1265]

Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 11 November 2020

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 [SI 2020 No. 1265]

	Introductory Text
	Part 1 Preliminary (arts. 1-15)
	Article 1 Citation
	Article 2 Commencement
	Article 3 Extent
	Article 4 Interpretation
	Article 4A Meaning of FA installation, etc.
	Article 5 Meaning of operator
	Article 6 Meaning of aircraft operator
	Article 7 Exempt commercial air transport operators
	Article 8 Exempt non-commercial air transport operators
	Article 8A Meaning of registry administrator
	Article 9 Meaning of regulator
	Article 10 Meaning of regulator: installations
	Article 11 Meaning of regulator: aircraft operators
	Article 12 Aircraft operator: change in regulator
	Article 13 Aircraft operator: change in registered office
	Article 14 Meaning of UK ETS authority, etc.
	Article 15 Applications, notices, etc.
	Part 2 Basic elements of the UK ETS (arts. 16-25A)
	Chapter 1 Establishment of the UK ETS and requirement for review (arts. 16-17)
	Article 16 UK Emissions Trading Scheme
	Article 17 Review of UK ETS
	Chapter 2 Allowances and caps (arts. 18-23)
	Article 18 Allowances
	Article 19 Cap for trading period
	Article 20 Cap for scheme years
	Article 21 Cap: hospital and small emitter reduction factors
	Article 22 Cap: base for scheme years
	Article 23 Trading in allowances
	Article 23A Flexible reserve
	Chapter 3 Monitoring, reporting and verification (arts. 24-25)
	Article 24 Monitoring and reporting of emissions
	Article 25 Verification of data and accreditation of verifiers
	Chapter 4 Registry (art. 25A)
	Article 25A Registry
	Part 3 Installations (arts. 26-27A)
	Article 26 Installations: requirement for permit to carry out regulated activity
	Article 27 Installations: requirement to surrender allowances
	Article 27A Installations: information to be submitted before 2026-2030 allocation period where no application for free allocation, etc. is made
	Part 4 Aviation (arts. 28-34)
	Article 28 Application for emissions monitoring plans
	Article 29 Issue of emissions monitoring plans
	Article 30 Refusal of application for emissions monitoring plans
	Article 31 Variation of emissions monitoring plans
	Article 32 Monitoring emissions and emissions monitoring plan conditions
	Article 33 Reporting aviation emissions
	Article 34 Surrender of allowances by aircraft operators
	Part 4A Free Allocation (arts. 34A-34w)
	Chapter 1 Installations (arts. 34A-34HA)
	Article 34A Allocation tables
	Article 34B Allocation tables: supplementary
	Article 34C Allocation tables: updates
	Article 34D Allocation tables: publication, etc.
	Article 34E Allocation of allowances
	Article 34F No allocation unless monitoring methodology plan approved
	Article 34G New entrants' reserve
	Article 34H Installations: errors in applications for free allocation, etc.
	Article 34HA Free allocation for former hospital or small emitters and ultra-small emitters
	Chapter 2 Aviation (arts. 34I-34R)
	Article 34I Interpretation
	Article 34J Meaning of historical aviation activity level and attributable
	Article 34K Aviation: entitlement to free allocation in 2021-2025 allocation period
	Article 34L Application for aviation free allocation entitlement
	Article 34M Processing of applications and calculation of aviation free allocation entitlement
	Article 34N Aviation allocation table for 2021-2025 allocation period
	Article 34O Aviation: allocation of allowances for 2021-2025 allocation period
	Article 34P Permanent cessation of aviation activity
	Article 34Q Transfers of aviation free allocation entitlement
	Article 34R Errors in aviation allocation table
	Chapter 3 Common provisions (arts. 34S-34w)
	Article 34S Return of allowances: installations
	Article 34T Return of allowances: aviation
	Article 34U Return of allowances: notice to registry administrator
	Article 34V Return of allowances: notice to operator, etc.
	Article 34W Notice to withhold allowances
	Part 5 Charging (arts. 35-37)
	Article 35 Charges
	Article 36 Charging scheme: regulators
	Article 36A Charging scheme: registry administrator
	Article 37 Remittance of charges
	Part 6 Monitoring compliance (arts. 38-43)
	Article 38 Authorised persons
	Article 39 Inspections
	Article 40 Powers of entry, etc.
	Article 41 Warrants
	Article 42 Admissible evidence
	Article 43 Legal professional privilege
	Part 7 Enforcement (arts. 44-68)
	Chapter 1 Enforcement notices, deficit notices and determination of emissions by regulator (arts. 44-45)
	Article 44 Enforcement notices
	Article 44A Deficit notices
	Article 45 Determination of reportable emissions or aviation emissions by regulator
	Chapter 2 Civil penalties (arts. 46-68)
	Article 46 Carbon price
	Article 47 Penalty notices
	Article 48 Penalty notices: supplementary
	Article 49 Regulator must publish names of persons subject to civil penalty under article 52
	Article 50 Installations: carrying out regulated activity without permit contrary to article 26
	Article 51 Installations: failure to comply with conditions of permit, etc.
	Article 52 Failure to surrender allowances
	Article 53 Installations: failure to transfer or surrender allowances where underreporting discovered after transfer
	Article 54 Hospitals and small emitters: exceeding emissions target
	Article 55 Hospitals and small emitters: failure to pay civil penalty for exceeding emissions target
	Article 56 Hospitals and small emitters: under-reporting of emissions
	Article 57 Hospitals and small emitters: failure to notify when ceasing to meet criteria
	Article 58 Installations: failure to apply to surrender permit
	Article 59 Ultra-small emitters: reportable emissions exceeding maximum amount
	Article 60 Ultra-small emitters: failure to notify where reportable emissions exceed maximum amount
	Article 60A Installations: failure to submit information under article 27A
	Article 61 Aviation: failure to apply or make revised application for emissions monitoring plan
	Article 62 Aviation: failure to comply with condition of emissions monitoring plan
	Article 63 Aviation: failure to monitor aviation emissions
	Article 64 Aviation: failure to report aviation emissions
	Article 64A Failure to comply with notice to return allowances
	Article 65 Failure to comply with enforcement notice
	Article 65A Failure to comply with deficit notice
	Article 66 Failure to comply with information notice
	Article 67 Providing false or misleading information, etc.
	Article 68 Inspection: refusal to allow access to premises
	Part 8 Appeals (arts. 69-74)
	Article 69 Interpretation
	Article 70 Right of appeal
	Article 71 Appeal body
	Article 72 Effect of appeals
	Article 73 Determination of appeals
	Article 74 Procedure for appeals
	Part 9 Miscellaneous (arts. 75-77)
	Article 75 Information notices
	Article 75A National authority may require regulator, etc. to provide information
	Article 75B Restriction on disclosing information
	Article 75BA Power to publish UK ETS information
	Article 75C National security
	Article 76 Crown application
	Article 77 Transitional provisions
	Schedule 1 Aviation activity
	Schedule 2 Meaning of installation and regulated activity
	Schedule 3 Applications, notices, etc.
	Schedule 3, Part 1 Applications, notices, etc. submitted to regulators (paras. 1-2)
	Schedule 3, Part 2 Notices, etc. given by regulators, national authorities, UK ETS authority or registry administrator (paras. 3-4)
	Schedule 4 Modifications to Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018
	Schedule 5 Modifications to the Verification Regulation 2018
	Schedule 5A Registry
	Schedule 5A, Part 1 Preliminary (paras. 1-4)
	Schedule 5A, Part 2 Establishment and operation of registry (paras. 5-8A)
	Schedule 5A, Part 3 Accounts (paras. 9-30)
	Schedule 5A, Part 3, Chapter 1 Opening accounts (paras. 9-14)
	Schedule 5A, Part 3, Chapter 2 Account representatives (paras. 15-19)
	Schedule 5A, Part 3, Chapter 3 Transfers of allowances (paras. 20-24)
	Schedule 5A, Part 3, Chapter 4 Suspension and closure of accounts (paras. 25-30)
	Schedule 5A, Part 4 Publication of information from registry (paras. 31-34)
	Schedule 6 Permits
	Schedule 6, Part 1 Application for greenhouse gas emissions permits (paras. 1-5)
	Schedule 6, Part 2 Greenhouse gas emissions permits and hospital or small emitter permits (paras. 6-12)
	Schedule 7 Hospitals and small emitters
	Schedule 7, Part 1 Preliminary (paras. 1-2)
	Schedule 7, Part 2 Hospital or small emitter status (paras. 3-6)
	Schedule 7, Part 3 Hospital or small emitter permits (paras. 7-14)
	Schedule 7, Part 4 Emissions targets (paras. 15-22A)
	Schedule 7, Part 5 End of hospital or small emitter status (paras. 23-26)
	Schedule 8 Ultra-small emitters
	Schedule 8A Free allocation for former hospital or small emitters and ultra-small emitters
	Schedule 9 Appeals to Scottish Land Court
	Schedule 10 Appeals to Planning Appeals Commission (Northern Ireland)
	Schedule 11 Transitional provisions: installations
	Signature
	Explanatory Note
	Explanatory Memorandum
	Impact Assessment
	Northern Ireland Ministerial Consent

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