Article 14 Meaning of UK ETS authority, etc.I1

United Kingdom

(1)

A reference in this Order to the “UK ETS authority” is a reference to all of the national authorities M1.

(2)

Functions conferred or imposed by this Order on the “UK ETS authority” may be exercised—

(a)

by all of the national authorities jointly; or

(b)

by one of the national authorities (or by more than one of the national authorities jointly) on behalf of the other national authorities with their agreement.

(3)

Where this Order provides for a person to do anything in relation to the “UK ETS authority” (for example, to give a notice to the UK ETS authority), it is sufficient for the person to do it in relation to any of the national authorities.

(4)

Each national authority is an administrator of the UK ETS for the purposes of paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to CCA 2008.

F1(5)

In this article, a reference to this Order includes a reference to the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018, the Verification Regulation 2018, the Free Allocation Regulation and the Activity Level Changes Regulation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 14(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 9(2)

Marginal citations

M1: Section 95(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008 defines “national authority”.

Commencement

I1: Art. 14 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)