{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Power to credit carbon units to the net Welsh emissions account",
  "text": "(1) Carbon units may be credited to the net Welsh emissions account in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) A carbon unit is credited to the net Welsh emissions account if—\n(a) it is in the Welsh credit account;\n(b) the Welsh Ministers declare that the carbon unit is credited to the net Welsh emissions account; and\n(c) following the Welsh Ministers’ declaration the carbon unit is cancelled.\n(3) A declaration under paragraph (2)—\n(a) must state the year in respect of which the carbon unit is to be credited; and\n(b) may be made in such manner and at such time as the Welsh Ministers considers appropriate.\n(4) The Welsh Ministers may not make a declaration under paragraph (2) if they reasonably believe that the carbon unit has been used to offset greenhouse gas emissions which are not Welsh emissions.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 6.12.2018, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1301/regulation/5",
    "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."
}