{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-no-2-order-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/124",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-no-2-order-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Climate Change\nMade 5th February 2025\nLaid before Parliament 12th February 2025\nLaid before the Northern Ireland Assembly 12th February 2025\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 12th February 2025\nLaid before Senedd Cymru 12th February 2025\nComing into force 31st March 2025\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 5th day of February 2025\nPresent,\nThe King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 44, 54 and 90(3) of, and Schedule 2 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Climate Change Act 2008.\nIn accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to that Act, before the recommendation to His Majesty in Council to make this Order was made—\n(a) the advice of the Committee on Climate Change was obtained and taken into account; and\n(b) such persons likely to be affected by the Order as the Secretary of State, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers considered appropriate were consulted.\nIn accordance with Article 36(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Information Commissioner was consulted during the preparation of the proposal for this Order.\nAccordingly, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c. 27. The amendment made to paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 of that Act by S.I. 2022/500 is not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "EUR 2016/679. Article 36(4) is amended by S.I. 2019/419."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/124/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:20:49.958171+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."
}