# The Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Interpretation In these Regulations— “additional daily penalty” has the meaning given by regulation 21(1)(b); “address” means, in relation to electronic communications, any number or address used for the purpose of such communication; “affected party” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 2; “aircraft operator” has the meaning given by regulation 3; “allowance” means an allowance issued to aircraft operators under Article 3e of the EU ETS Directive; “appeal body” has the meaning given by regulation 36(6); “area”, in relation to a regulator, means— (a)in respect of the Environment Agency, England and Wales; (b)in respect of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scotland; (c)in respect of the chief inspector, Northern Ireland; “authority” has the meaning given by regulation 7; “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; “aviation emissions” means emissions from an aviation activity; “benchmarking plan” means a plan issued under regulation 10(1)(a); “chief inspector” means the chief inspector constituted under regulation 8(3) of the Northern Ireland Regulations; “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; “electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 ; “emissions” means the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere; “emissions plan” means a plan issued under regulation 15; “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; “greenhouse gases” has the meaning given by Article 3(c) of the EU ETS Directive; “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; “interested party” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 2; “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; “Northern Ireland Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 ; “Planning Appeals Commission” means the Planning Appeals Commission established under Article 110 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ; “registered office” means the address that is required under section 86 of the Companies Act 2006 ; “regulator” has the meaning given by regulations 4, 5 and 6; “tonne-kilometre data” has the meaning given by Part B of Annex IV to the EU ETS Directive; “trading period” means one of the following periods— (a)2012; (b)2013 to 2020; or (c)subsequent periods of eight calendar years; “UK operator” means a person who is— (a)identified in the Commission list; and (b)specified in that list as an operator to be administered by the United Kingdom; “UKAS” means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2301/regulation/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2009/regulation-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.