# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 3: Hospital or small emitter status


(1) This paragraph and paragraph 4 apply to determine whether or not an installation is a hospital or small emitter for a scheme year.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), an installation is a hospital or small emitter for the scheme years in the 2021-2025 allocation period if the installation is included in the list (the “hospital and small emitter list for 2021-2025”) of installations to be excluded from the EU ETS under Article 27 of the Directive from 1st January 2021 published for the purposes of the EU ETS on the website of SEPA on 28th May 2020.
(3) Where a conversion notice is given to the operator of the installation stating that the installation is not a hospital or small emitter for a scheme year in the 2021-2025 allocation period, the installation is not a hospital or small emitter for that scheme year or subsequent scheme years in the allocation period.
(4) Where a regulated activity does not begin to be carried out before 1st November 2020 at an installation that is included in the hospital and small emitter list for 2021-2025—
(a) the installation is not a hospital or small emitter for the scheme years in the 2021-2025 allocation period; and
(b) for the purposes of this Order, the hospital and small emitter list for 2021-2025 must be treated as not including the installation.
(5) Subject to sub-paragraphs (6) and (7), an installation is a hospital or small emitter for the scheme years in the 2026-2030 allocation period if the installation is included in the hospital and small emitter list for 2026-2030.
(6) Where a conversion notice is given to the operator of the installation stating that the installation is not a hospital or small emitter for a scheme year in the 2026-2030 allocation period, the installation is not a hospital or small emitter for that scheme year or subsequent scheme years in the allocation period.
(7) Where a regulated activity does not begin to be carried out before 1st November 2025 at an installation that is included in the hospital and small emitter list for 2026-2030—
(a) the installation is not a hospital or small emitter for the scheme years in the 2026-2030 allocation period; and
(b) for the purposes of this Order, the hospital and small emitter list for 2026-2030 must be treated as not including the installation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348209761/schedule/7/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-7/paragraph-3
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