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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1265",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Allowances",
  "text": "(1) The UK ETS authority may create allowances in the registry for the purposes of the UK ETS.\n(2) An allowance is an allowance to emit 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.\n(3) Allowances may be held only in accounts in the registry.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 18(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 18(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 18 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:23:06.111058+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."
}