# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Article 56: Hospitals and small emitters: under-reporting of emissions

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

(1) The operator of an installation is liable to a civil penalty where the installation has unreported emissions in a scheme year for which the installation is a hospital or small emitter, that is to say reportable emissions in the scheme year that—
(a) are not reported in the emissions report submitted for the scheme year under paragraph 11(2)(b) of Schedule 7; but
(b) are determined by the regulator under article 45.
(2) The civil penalty is £5,000 + (UE x £10 x the inflation factor), where—
UE is the unreported emissions in the scheme year (in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent);
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(3) In this article, “inflation factor” has the meaning given in article 52(11), except that CPI2 is the consumer prices index (as defined in article 52(12)) for the month preceding the month that includes the day on or before which the emissions report was required to be submitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/article/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/article-56
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