Section 59 Meaning of “carbon unit”I1

Northern Ireland

In this Act, a “carbon unit” is a unit of a kind specified in regulations made by the Department and representing—

(a)

a reduction in an amount of greenhouse gas emissions,

(b)

the removal of an amount of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, or

(c)

an amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed under a scheme or arrangement imposing a limit on such emissions.

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