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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348209761",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Allowances",
  "text": "(1) The UK ETS authority may direct that allowances be created for the purposes of the UK ETS.\n(2) An allowance is an allowance to emit 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348209761/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:49:27.101557+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."
}