{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Carbon units",
  "text": "(1) A carbon unit for the purposes of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 is a unit of the following kind:—\n(a) assigned amount unit;\n(b) European Union allowance;\n(c) certified emission reduction; and\n(d) emission reduction unit.\n(2) A carbon unit has a value of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“assigned amount unit” means a unit issued—\n(a)under Article 7(3) of Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol; or\n(b)by a party to the Kyoto Protocol which is not subject to that Decision;\n“European Union allowance” means an allowance for the purposes of the EU ETS;\n“certified emission reduction ” means a unit issued under Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the Decisions adopted under the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol; and\n“emission reduction unit” means a unit issued under Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and the Decisions adopted under the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(3) substituted (6.5.2017) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/121), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 49,19.2.2004, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/216/regulation/4",
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  },
  "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."
}