{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2301",
  "legislation_title": "The Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“additional daily penalty” has the meaning given by regulation 21(1)(b);\n“address” means, in relation to electronic communications, any number or address used for the purpose of such communication;\n“affected party” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 2;\n“aircraft operator” has the meaning given by regulation 3;\n“allowance” means an allowance issued to aircraft operators under Article 3e of the EU ETS Directive;\n“appeal body” has the meaning given by regulation 36(6);\n“area”, in relation to a regulator, means—\n(a)in respect of the Environment Agency, England and Wales;\n(b)in respect of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scotland;\n(c)in respect of the chief inspector, Northern Ireland;\n“authority” has the meaning given by regulation 7;\n“aviation activity” means the category of aviation activity listed in Annex I to the EU ETS Directive but with the reference to 1st January 2012 omitted;\n“aviation emissions” means emissions from an aviation activity;\n“benchmarking plan” means a plan issued under regulation 10(1)(a);\n“chief inspector” means the chief inspector constituted under regulation 8(3) of the Northern Ireland Regulations;\n“Commission list” means the list of operators specified in Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 on the list of aircraft operators which performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC on or after 1 January 2006 specifying the administering Member State for each aircraft operator , as amended from time to time;\n“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 ;\n“emissions” means the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere;\n“emissions plan” means a plan issued under regulation 15;\n“EU ETS Directive” means Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC , as amended from time to time;\n“greenhouse gases” has the meaning given by Article 3(c) of the EU ETS Directive;\n“independent verifier” means a person or body accredited or endorsed by UKAS to carry out the verification requirements of Article 15 of the EU ETS Directive;\n“interested party” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 2;\n“Monitoring and Reporting Decision” means Commission Decision 2007/589/EC establishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council , as amended from time to time;\n“Northern Ireland Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 ;\n“Planning Appeals Commission” means the Planning Appeals Commission established under Article 110 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ;\n“registered office” means the address that is required under section 86 of the Companies Act 2006 ;\n“regulator” has the meaning given by regulations 4, 5 and 6;\n“tonne-kilometre data” has the meaning given by Part B of Annex IV to the EU ETS Directive;\n“trading period” means one of the following periods—\n(a)2012;\n(b)2013 to 2020; or\n(c)subsequent periods of eight calendar years;\n“UK operator” means a person who is—\n(a)identified in the Commission list; and\n(b)specified in that list as an operator to be administered by the United Kingdom;\n“UKAS” means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (31.8.2010) by The Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1996), regs. 1, 60 (with savings and transitional provisions in reg. 60(2)-(12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No L 219, 22.08.09, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2000 c.7; the definition of electronic communication in section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 406(1) and Schedule 17, paragraph 158."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ No. L 275, 25.10.03, p.32. The Directive is amended by Directive 2004/101/EC, OJ No. L 338, 13.11.2004, p.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "OJ No. L 59, 26.02.04, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.R. (NI) 2003 No 46, amended by S.I. 2003/496, S.I. 2003/3311; there is another amending instrument which is not relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I.11); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/660 (N.I.4), 2003/430 (N.I.8)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "2006 c..46."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "The United Kingdom Accreditation Service Limited (company number 03076190) is a company limited by guarantee and which operates under a memorandum of understanding made on 1st August 1995 between it and the then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2301/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:06:25.068086+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}