{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2018/1301",
  "legislation_title": "The Carbon Accounting (Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations —\n...\n“the Paris Agreement” (“Cytundeb Paris”) means the Paris Agreement signed in Paris on 22 April 2016;\n“the Registries Regulation” (“y Rheoliad Cofrestrfeydd”) 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“the registry administrator” (“gweinyddwyr y gofrestrfa”) has the meaning given in regulation 8(1) of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012;\n“the UK registry” (“cofrestrfa’r DU”) means the registry established for the United Kingdom in accordance with the Registries Regulation;\n“the UNFCCC” (“Confensiwn Fframwaith y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Newid yn yr Hinsawdd”) means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed in New York on 9th May 1992;\n“the Welsh credit account” (“cyfrif credyd Cymru”) has the meaning given in regulation 4(1);\n(2) In these Regulations “cancellation” of a carbon unit means voluntary cancellation in accordance with the Registries Regulation and a unit is “cancelled” if the Welsh Ministers instruct the registry administrator to transfer it to the account known as the “Voluntary Cancellation Account” in the UK registry.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (5.12.2025) by virtue of The Carbon Accounting (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1270), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (5.12.2025) by The Carbon Accounting (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1270), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.12.2018, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No L 122, 3.5.13, p 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.2012/3038."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1301/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:23.268605+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."
}