# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Article 35: Charges

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The regulator or the registry administrator may charge an applicant, operator, aircraft operator , maritime operator or any other person an amount as a means of recovering costs incurred by the regulator or the registry administrator in performing activities in accordance with or by virtue of this Order.
(2) The activities referred to in paragraph (1) include—
(a) giving advice in relation to an application under or by virtue of this Order or any other advice in relation to the operation of the UK ETS;
(b) considering an application under or by virtue of this Order;
(c) issuing, varying, transferring, cancelling, surrendering or revoking a permit;
(d) issuing or varying an emissions monitoring plan;
(e) giving any notice or other document provided for by or under this Order;
(f) receiving any notice or other document provided for by or under this Order;
(g) monitoring compliance with this Order;
(h) making a determination of emissions or aviation emissions under article 45 , a determination of maritime emissions under article 45A or a determination of the emissions figure for surrender under article 45B;
(i) estimating the value of a parameter under article 34H(4) of this Order or Article 3(4) of the Activity Level Changes Regulation;
(j) administering an account in the registry.
(3) A charge under paragraph (1) may include an annual or other periodic charge to an operator , aircraft operator or maritime operator that does not relate to any specific activity.
(4) The regulator or the registry administrator may apply different charges for different categories of person in relation to the same activity.
(5) Payment of a charge is not received until the regulator or, as the case may be, the registry administrator has cleared funds for the full amount due and a charge, if unpaid, may be recovered by the regulator or, as the case may be, the registry administrator as a civil debt.
(6) The regulator or the registry administrator may require a charge to be paid before it carries out the activity to which the charge relates.
(7) If the regulator or the registry administrator does not require a charge to be paid in accordance with paragraph (6), it is payable on demand.
(8) Neither the regulator nor the registry administrator is required to reimburse a charge where—
(a) an activity is not completed; or
(b) the person liable to pay the charge does not remain within the scheme for all of the period in relation to which the charge is payable or has been calculated.
(9) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/article/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-35
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