# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 4


Article 3 is to be read as if—
(a) in the words before point (1), for “the following definitions” there were substituted “except where the context otherwise requires, terms defined in the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 have the meanings given by that Order and the following additional definitions”;
(b) before point (1), there were inserted—
“(A1) ‘greenhouse gas emissions’ and ‘emissions’ mean specified emissions (as defined in the 2020 Order) from regulated activities or CO2 emissions from aviation activity;”;
(c) for point (2), there were substituted—
“(2) ‘trading period’, in references to the trading period immediately preceding the first trading period of the UK ETS, means the period beginning with 1st January 2013 and ending with 31st December 2020;”;
(d) after point (2), there were inserted—
“(2a) ‘the 2020 Order’ means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020;”;
(e) after point (5), there were inserted—
“(5a) ‘monitoring plan’ in relation to an aircraft operator, except in Articles 11 to 13 of this Regulation, means the aircraft operator’s emissions monitoring plan as defined in article 4 of the 2020 Order;”;
(f) in point (12), the words from “or, for tonne-kilometre data” to the end were omitted;
(g) point (18) were omitted;
(h) in point (28), for “Annex II to Directive 2003/87/EC” substitute “column 2 of table C in Schedule 2 to the 2020 Order”;
(i) in point (44) “, or equivalent applicable international rules” were omitted;
(j) in each of points (46) and (47), “listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC” were omitted;
(k) point (50) were omitted;
(l) in each of points (54) and (55), for “under Directive 2009/31/EC” there were substituted “in accordance with the CCS licensing regime”;
(m) after point (55), there were inserted—
“(55a) ‘the CCS licensing regime’ means Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and other domestic legislation which immediately before IP completion day implemented Directive 2009/31/EC;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348209761/schedule/4/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-4/paragraph-4
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