{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-auctioning-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-auctioning-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/994",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-auctioning-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Regulation 9 amended (annual volumes of allowances)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 9 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) in the opening words after “+ BF)” insert “+ T”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) AC for the calendar year is the base for that year determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(a) multiplied by—\n(i) in the case of a calendar year up to and including 2025, the 2021-2025 hospital and small emitter reduction factor calculated in accordance with article 21(2) of the Trading Scheme Order;\n(ii) in the case of a calendar year from 2026 up to and including 2030, the 2026-2030 hospital and small emitter reduction factor calculated in accordance with article 21(3) of the Trading Scheme Order;”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (b) before ““AFA”” insert “in relation to a calendar year corresponding to a scheme year in the 2021-2025 allocation period,”;\n(d) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) in relation to any other calendar year, AFA is zero;”;\n(e) for sub-paragraphs (c) to (e) substitute—\n“(c) IC for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(b);\n(d) RFS for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(c);\n(e) NER for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(d);”;\n(f) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—\n“(g) T for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(e).”.\n(3) In paragraph (9) in the table omit the 5 rows whose first entries are “2026”, “2027”, “2028”, “2029” and “2030”.\n(4) For paragraph (10) substitute—\n“(10) For the purposes of paragraph (1), for a calendar year referred to in column 1 of the following table—\n(a) the base is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 2;\n(b) IC is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 3;\n(c) RFS is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 4;\n(d) NER is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 5;\n(e) T is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 6.\nColumn 1\nCalendar or scheme year\nColumn 2\nBase\nColumn 3\nIC\nColumn 4\nRFS\nColumn 5\nNER\nColumn 6\nT\n2021\n155,671,581\n57,856,572\n4,098,497\n3,024,907\n0\n2022\n151,437,134\n56,273,432\n4,098,497\n3,024,907\n0\n2023\n147,202,686\n54,690,292\n4,098,497\n3,024,907\n0\n2024\n92,062,882\n36,825,153\n2,255,107\n1,664,388\n23,316,495\n2025\n86,742,014\n34,696,806\n2,255,107\n1,664,387\n13,323,712\n2026\n79,059,690\n31,623,876\n2,255,107\n1,664,387\n9,992,784\n2027\n70,127,996\n28,051,198\n2,255,107\n1,664,387\n6,661,856\n2028\n53,498,502\n21,399,401\n2,255,106\n1,664,387\n0\n2029\n50,918,572\n20,367,429\n2,255,106\n1,664,387\n0\n2030\n49,320,164\n19,728,066\n2,255,106\n1,664,387\n0\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1265, amended by S.I. 2020/1557, S.I. 2021/1455, 2022/454, 2022/1173, 2022/1336 and (with effect from 1st January 2024) 2023/850). “Trading Scheme Order” is defined in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2021/484."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Scheme year” and “2021-2025 allocation period” are defined in in article 4(1) of S.I. 2020/1265. Regulation 2(3) of S.I. 2021/484 provides that terms used in both S.I. 2021/484 and S.I. 2020/1265 and not defined in the former have the same meaning as in the latter."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/994/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:43.813006+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."
}