{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-34K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-34K.json",
  "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/34K",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34K",
  "heading": "Aviation: entitlement to free allocation in 2021-2025 allocation period",
  "text": "A person is only entitled to a free allocation of allowances under this Chapter for scheme years—\n(a) in the 2021-2025 allocation period; ...\n(b) in relation to which the person is an aircraft operator; and\n(c) in relation to allowances allocated for the 2024 or 2025 scheme year, to the extent that the number of allowances does not exceed the person’s aviation emissions for the scheme year,\nand references in this Chapter to a person's “aviation free allocation entitlement” must be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 34K(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 6(2) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 34K(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 6(3) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 34K(c) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 6(4) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/article/34K",
    "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."
}