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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-7",
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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": "schedule/6/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transfer of permits: application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), a permit holder (the “transferring operator”) and another person (the “new operator”) may jointly apply to the regulator—\n(a) for the transfer of the permit to the new operator;\n(b) for the partial transfer of the permit to the new operator.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order, the partial transfer of a permit is the transfer in respect of part of the installation at which the permit authorises a regulated activity to be carried out.\n(3) An application for the transfer or partial transfer of a permit may not be made in respect of an installation (or part of an installation) that has ceased operation.\n(4) An application may not be made for the partial transfer of a hospital or small emitter permit.\n(5) In this paragraph and paragraphs 8 to 10—\n“existing permit” has the meaning given in paragraph 9(5);\n“new operator” has the meaning given in sub-paragraph (1);\n“transferred activities” has the meaning given in paragraph 8(a);\n“transferred units” has the meaning given in paragraph 8(a);\n“transferring operator” has the meaning given in sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348209761/schedule/6/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}