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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“2009 Regulations” means the Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009 ;\n“Annex I” means Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC;\n“cancellation” of a carbon unit means the crediting of the unit in the Voluntary Cancellation Account in the UK registry, and a unit so credited is “cancelled”;\n“EU ETS” means the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme established under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC ;\n“Kyoto Protocol” means the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC signed at Kyoto on 11th December 1997 ;\n“Registries Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011;\n“registry administrator” means the national administrator for the UK Registry specified in Article 3(2)(k) of the Registries Regulation,\n“UNFCCC” means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed at New York on 9th May 1992 ; and\n“UK registry” means the registry established for the United Kingdom in accordance with the Registries Regulation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.4.2016) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/46), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (8.6.2015) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/189), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (8.6.2015) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/189), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (10.11.2021) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/318), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Article 3 was substituted by S.I. 2021/511."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/1257 as amended by S.I. 2009/3146."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 275, 25.10.2003, p.32 as amended by Directive 2004/101/EC (O.J. No. L 338, 13.11.2004, p.18); Directive 2008/101/EC (O.J. No. L 8, 13.1.2009, p.3); Commission Regulation (EC) No. 219/2009, (O.J. No. L 87, 31.3.2009, p.109); and Directive 2009/29/EC (O.J. No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.63). The Emissions Trading Directive is transposed by the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/925)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "The Protocol was signed by the United Kingdom on 29th April 1998 and entered into force on 16th February 2005. The text of the Protocol can be found at http://unfcc.int/2860."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "The Convention was signed by the United Kingdom on 12th June 1992 and came into force on 21st March 1994. The text of the Convention can be found at http://unfcc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/216/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:55:24.693460+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."
}