{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-provision-for-2020-regulations-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Carbon Accounting (Provision for 2020) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-provision-for-2020-regulations-2022",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for carbon accounting in respect of 2020 for the purposes of Part 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27) (“the Act”). They form part of the rules for determining the net UK carbon account, defined in section 27(1) of the Act. The amount of the net UK carbon account for different periods determines whether the targets in the Act for emissions reductions have been met. These Regulations are relevant to the third carbon budget set under the Act by the Carbon Budgets Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1259) covering 2018-2022.\nRegulation 3 sets out the circumstances in which carbon units are to be credited to and debited from the net UK carbon account in respect of 2020 as a result of the operation of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme in that year other than in relation to aviation.\nRegulation 4 sets out the circumstances in which carbon units are to be credited to and debited from the net UK carbon account to take into account domestic aviation emissions during 2020. It relies on the calculation of a domestic aviation cap in accordance with the Schedule.\nRegulation 5 places a duty on the Secretary of State to cancel all the carbon units (if any) credited to the net UK carbon account in respect of 2020.\nRegulation 6 makes a consequential amendment to the Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/62/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:47.233790+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."
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