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The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020

S.I. 2020/1557 · Made 16 December 2020 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Climate Change

Made 16th December 2020

Laid before Parliament 17th December 2020

Laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly 17th December 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 17th December 2020

Laid before Senedd Cymru 17th December 2020

Coming into force in accordance with article 2

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 44, 46(3), 54 and 90(3) of, and Schedule 2 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Climate Change Act 2008 M1.

In accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to that Act, before the recommendation to Her Majesty in Council to make this Order was made—

  1. (a)

    the advice of the Committee on Climate Change, including on the amount of the limit referred to in section 48(2) of that Act, was obtained and taken into account; and

  2. (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, the Welsh Ministers considered appropriate were consulted.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

2008 c. 27.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Preliminary
  2. 1Citation
  3. 2Commencement
  4. 3Extent
  5. Part 2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended
  6. 4Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended
  7. 5Article 4 amended (interpretation)
  8. 6Article 4A inserted
  9. 7Article 8A inserted
  10. 8Article 9 amended (meaning of regulator)
  11. 9Article 14 amended (meaning of UK ETS authority, etc.)
  12. 10Article 18 amended (allowances)
  13. 11Article 20 amended (cap for scheme years)
  14. 12Article 21 amended (cap: hospital and small emitter reduction factors)
  15. 13Article 24 amended (monitoring and reporting of emissions)
  16. 14Article 25 substituted
  17. 15Chapter 4 of Part 2 inserted
  18. 16Article 27A inserted
  19. 17Article 33 amended (reporting aviation emissions)
  20. 18Part 4A inserted
  21. 19Article 35 amended (charges)
  22. 20Article 36 substituted and article 36A inserted
  23. 21Article 37 substituted
  24. 22Article 39 amended (inspections)
  25. 23Article 40 amended (powers of entry, etc.)
  26. 24Article 44 amended (enforcement notices) Repealed
  27. 25Article 49 amended (regulator must publish names of persons subject to civil penalty under article 52)
  28. 26Article 65 amended (failure to comply with enforcement notice) Repealed
  29. 27Article 70 amended (right of appeal)
  30. 28Article 71 amended (appeal body)
  31. 29Article 72 amended (effect of appeals)
  32. 30Article 73 amended (determination of appeals)
  33. 31Article 75 amended (information notices) Repealed
  34. 32Articles 75A to 75C inserted
  35. 33Article 77 amended (transitional provisions)
  36. 34Schedule 3 amended (applications, notices, etc.)
  37. 35Schedule 4 amended (modifications to Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018)
  38. 36Schedule 5 substituted
  39. 37Schedule 5A inserted
  40. 38Schedule 6 amended (permits)
  41. 39Schedule 7 amended (hospitals and small emitters)
  42. 40Schedule 8 amended (ultra-small emitters)
  43. 41Schedule 9 amended (appeals to Scottish Land Court)
  44. 42Schedule 10 amended (appeals to Planning Appeals Commission (Northern Ireland))
  45. 43Schedule 11 amended (transitional provisions: installations)
  46. Part 3: Amendments to other legislation
  47. 44Climate Change Agreements (Amendment of Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amended
  48. 45Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 amended
  49. 46Free Allocation Regulation amended
  50. 47Activity Level Changes Regulation amended
  51. Signature
  52. Schedule 1: Free Allocation Regulation amended
  53. 1Free Allocation Regulation amended
  54. 2“Regulator” substituted for “competent authority”
  55. 3Article 1 amended (scope)
  56. 4Article 2 amended (definitions)
  57. 5Article 2a inserted
  58. 6Article 3 omitted
  59. 7Article 3a inserted
  60. 8Article 4 amended (application for free allocation in 2026-2030 allocation period by operators of incumbent installations)
  61. 9Article 5 substituted
  62. 10Article 6 amended (general obligation to monitor)
  63. 11Article 7 amended (monitoring principles)
  64. 12Article 8 amended (content and submission of the monitoring methodology plan)
  65. 13Article 9 amended (changes to the monitoring methodology plan)
  66. 14Article 10 amended (division into sub-installations)
  67. 15Article 12 amended (data gaps)
  68. 16Articles 13 and 14 omitted
  69. 17Article 15 amended (historical activity level for incumbent installations)
  70. 18Article 15a inserted
  71. 19Article 16 amended (preliminary allocation at installation level for incumbent installations)
  72. 20Articles 16a and 16b inserted
  73. 21Article 17 amended (historical activity level for new entrants)
  74. 22Article 18 amended (preliminary allocation to new entrants)
  75. 23Article 18a inserted
  76. 24Article 19 amended (allocation in respect of steam cracking)
  77. 25Article 20 amended (allocation in respect of vinyl chloride monomer)
  78. 26Article 21 amended (heat flows between installations)
  79. 27Article 22 amended (exchangeability of fuel and electricity)
  80. 28Article 23 omitted
  81. 29Article 24 substituted
  82. 30Article 25 substituted
  83. 31Articles 26 substituted
  84. 32Final text omitted
  85. 33Annex 3 amended (historical activity level for specific benchmarks referred to in Articles 15(8) and 17(1)(f))
  86. 34Annex 4 amended (parameters for baseline data collection)
  87. 35Annex 5 amended (factors applicable for reducing free allocation)
  88. 36Annex 6 amended (minimum content of the monitoring methodology plan)
  89. 37Annex 7 amended (data monitoring methods)
  90. Schedule 2: Activity Level Changes Regulation amended
  91. 1Activity Level Changes Regulation amended
  92. 2Article 1 amended (scope)
  93. 3Article 2 amended (definitions)
  94. 4Article 3 amended (reporting requirements)
  95. 5Articles 3a inserted
  96. 6Article 4 amended (average activity levels)
  97. 7Article 5 amended (adjustments to free allocation due to activity level changes)
  98. 8Article 6 amended (other changes in the operation of the installation)
  99. 9Article 6a inserted
  100. 10Final text amended
  101. Explanatory note