{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of operator",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, the “operator” of an installation is the person who has control over its operation.\n(2) But where—\n(a) a regulated activity has not begun to be carried out at an installation, the operator of the installation is the person who will have control over its operation when a regulated activity is carried out at the installation;\n(b) a regulated activity is no longer carried out at an installation, the operator of the installation is the person who holds the permit for the installation or, if no permit authorises a regulated activity to be carried out at the installation, the person who had control over its operation immediately before regulated activities ceased to be carried out at the installation;\n(c) the holder of a permit for an installation ceases to have control over its operation, the operator of the installation is the permit holder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348209761/article/5",
    "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."
}