{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-order-2026/article-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/278",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-order-2026",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Article 16a amended (cross-sectoral correction factors)",
  "text": "(1) Article 16a is amended as follows.\n(2) After paragraph 5 insert—\n“5a. In respect of the 2027-2030 allocation period, where the benchmarks for the 2028, 2029 and 2030 scheme years have not been adopted under Article 16(13)(b)(ii) on or before 30 September 2026:\n(a) the calculation referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 must occur on or after 1 November 2027;\n(b) the UK ETS authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable after 1 November 2027, publish the matters referred to in paragraph 5; and\n(c) as soon as reasonably practicable after 30 September 2026, the UK ETS authority must issue a statement that the cross-sectoral correction factor calculation for the 2027-2030 allocation period will take place on or after 1 November 2027.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/278/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:22.507430+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."
}