Section 41A Charges in respect of the EU greenhouse gas emissions trading schemeF1F24F25

Each of the F3charging authorities may require the payment to it of such charges as may from time to time be prescribed—

and in this section “prescribed” means specified in, or determined under, a scheme (in this section referred to as a “charging scheme”) made under this section by the F7charging authority in question.

A charging scheme may—

A charging scheme must specify, in relation to any charge prescribed by the scheme, the description of person who is liable to pay the charge.

A F8charging authority may not make a charging scheme unless the provisions of the scheme have been approved by the Secretary of State F9, the Welsh Ministers or the Scottish Ministers under section 42.

If the Agency—

the Agency and F12that other charging authority shall each include in a charging scheme (subject to approval by the Secretary of State F13, the Welsh Ministers F14or the Scottish Ministers under section 42) provision giving effect to the proposals.

If the Agency revises any proposals of which it has given notification under subsection (2) above, and notifies F15the relevant charging authority accordingly, the obligations imposed by that subsection apply in relation to the proposals as revised.

A notification under subsection (2) or (3) above shall include details of the amount of the proposed charges.

F16The Natural Resources Body for Wales and SEPA shall pass on to the Agency any F17charges under subsection (1)(b) that F18they receive.

A charging scheme made by the Agency may require the payment to the Agency of such charges as may from time to time be prescribed in respect of—

In this section—

• “charging authority” means the Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales or SEPA;

• “the Registries Regulation 2013” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 290/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011, as amended from time to time; and

• F23“the Kyoto Protocol Registry” means the registry administered on behalf of the United Kingdom for the purposes of its obligations as a party to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.