{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-emissions-trading-scheme-allocation-of-allowances-for-payment-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-emissions-trading-scheme-allocation-of-allowances-for-payment-regulations-2012/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2661",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Emissions Trading Scheme (Allocation of Allowances for Payment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-emissions-trading-scheme-allocation-of-allowances-for-payment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Persons who may conduct auctions pursuant to the Auctioning Regulation",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of the allocation of Phase III allowances by auction process the Treasury may appoint as auctioneer—\n(a) the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland or any other person; or\n(b) any two or more such persons jointly.\n(2) The appointment may be made subject to such conditions (including as to fees charged) and limitations as the Treasury see fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2661/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:49.731420+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."
}