# The Climate Change Agreements (Administration) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In these Regulations—
“account” means the account in the Register of a sector association or operator;
“account holder” means a sector association or operator which holds an account;
“the administrator” has the meaning given by Regulation 3;
“agreement” means an umbrella agreement or an underlying agreement;
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“certification period” means a period specified in an agreement as a certification period for the facility to which the agreement applies;
“emissions” means the total emissions in tCO2 equivalent for a facility;
“facility” means a facility to which an agreement applies;
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“operator” means a party to an underlying agreement other than the administrator;
“personal information” means—
(a)the address of the registered office of the sector association or operator; and
(b)the name, address, and email address of a person who can be contacted in respect of—
(i)the sector association or operator; and
(ii)the facility or, if more than one, each facility covered by the agreement;
“publish” means to publish on any part of a website maintained by the administrator which is accessible to the public;
“the Register” has the meaning given by regulation 4;
“Schedule 6” means Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000;
“sector association” means a party to an umbrella agreement other than the administrator;
“sector commitment” means a commitment notified to the administrator by the Secretary of State applicable to the facilities to which an umbrella agreement applies;
“surplus” means the amount by which the emissions have fallen below the target for any target period as recorded on an account in respect of a facility;
“target” means the target applicable to a facility set out in an underlying agreement;
“target period” means any of the following periods—
(a)1st January 2013 to 31st December 2014;
(b)1st January 2015 to 31st December 2016;
(c)1st January 2017 to 31st December 2018; ...
(d)1st January 2019 to 31st December 2020;
(e) 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2022;
(f) 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024;
(g) 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2026;
(h)1st January 2027 to 31st December 2028;
(i)1st January 2029 to 31st December 2030;
“target period 1” means the target period from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2014;
“target period 2” means the target period from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2016;
“target period 3” means the target period from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2018;
“target period 4” means the target period from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2020.
“target period 5” means the target period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2022;
“target period 6” means the target period from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024;
“target period 7” means the target period from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2026;
“target period 8” means the target period from 1st January 2027 to 31st December 2028;
“target period 9” means the target period from 1st January 2029 to 31st December 2030;
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“tCO2 equivalent” means tonnes of carbon dioxide or an amount of methane or nitrous oxide with an equivalent global-warming potential;
“umbrella agreement” means an agreement that is an umbrella agreement for the purposes of paragraph 48 of Schedule 6;
“underlying agreement” means an agreement that is an underlying agreement for the purposes of paragraph 48 of Schedule 6 or if there is no umbrella agreement, an agreement falling within paragraph 47 of Schedule 6;
“working day” means any day other than—
(a)a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday or Christmas Day; or
(b)a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1976/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-agreements-administration-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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