{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-36",
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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/36",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Approval, publication and revision of charges",
  "text": "(1) The regulator must publish a document (“charging scheme”) setting out the charges payable in accordance with article 35(1) or how they will be calculated.\n(2) Before publishing a charging scheme, the regulator must—\n(a) bring its proposals to the attention of the persons likely to be affected by them; and\n(b) specify the period within which representations or objections to the proposals may be made.\n(3) A charging scheme cannot be published unless it has been approved—\n(a) in the case of proposals by the Environment Agency, by the Secretary of State;\n(b) in the case of proposals by SEPA, by the Scottish Ministers;\n(c) in the case of proposals by NRW, by the Welsh Ministers;\n(d) in the case of proposals by the chief inspector, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.\n(4) Where a proposed charging scheme has been submitted for approval under paragraph (3), the appropriate national authority—\n(a) must consider any representations or objections made under paragraph (2)(b); and\n(b) may make such modifications to the proposal as they consider appropriate.\n(5) If the regulator proposes to revise a charging scheme in a material way, paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to the revised charging scheme.\n(6) Paragraphs (2) to (5) do not apply to a charging scheme prepared and published by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348209761/article/36",
    "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."
}