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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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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": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of regulated activity, etc.",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, “regulated activity” means any of the following—\n(a) an activity set out in an entry in column 1 of table C that results in emissions of the gases set out in the corresponding entry in column 2; ...\n(b) where such an activity is carried out on a site, the combustion of fuels in any combustion unit (including a combustion unit referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(a) or (b)) operated on the site that results in emissions of such gases, except for a combustion unit to which sub-paragraph (2) applies.\n(c) where the activity set out in column 1 of the first row of table C (combustion of fuels, etc.) is carried out on an upstream site, upstream GHG removal on or after the relevant date in any stationary technical unit on the site that results in emissions of carbon dioxide.\n(2) This sub-paragraph applies to a combustion unit if—\n(a) the primary purpose of the unit is the incineration of hazardous or municipal waste; and\n(b) the unit does not exclusively serve the stationary technical unit or units where the activity referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is carried out.\n(3) But sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to a combustion unit that is a flare.\nTable C\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nActivities\nGreenhouse gases\nCombustion of fuels on a site where combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts are operated\nCarbon dioxide\nRefining of mineral oil\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of coke\nCarbon dioxide\nMetal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting or sintering, including palletisation\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including continuous casting, with a capacity exceeding 2.5 tonnes per hour\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction or processing of ferrous metals (including ferro-alloys) on a site where combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts are operated (and “processing” includes processing in rolling mills, re-heaters, annealing furnaces, smitheries, foundries, coating and pickling)\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of primary aluminium\nCarbon dioxide\nPerfluorocarbons\nProduction of secondary aluminium on a site where combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts are operated\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction or processing of non-ferrous metals (including production of alloys, refining and foundry casting) on a site where combustion units with a total rated thermal input (including fuels used as reducing agents) exceeding 20 megawatts are operated\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day or in other furnaces with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of lime or calcination of dolomite or magnesite in rotary kilns or in other furnaces with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nManufacture of glass including glass fibre with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nManufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain, with a production capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nManufacture of mineral wool insulation material using glass, rock or slag with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nDrying or calcination of gypsum or production of plaster boards and other gypsum products on a site where combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts are operated\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of pulp from timber or other fibrous materials\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of paper or cardboard with a production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of carbon black involving the carbonisation of organic substances such as oils, tars, cracker and distillation residues on a site where combustion units with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts are operated\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of nitric acid\nCarbon dioxide\nNitrous oxide\nProduction of adipic acid\nCarbon dioxide\nNitrous oxide\nProduction of glyoxal and glyoxylic acid\nCarbon dioxide\nNitrous oxide\nProduction of ammonia\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of bulk organic chemicals by cracking, reforming, partial or full oxidation or by similar processes, with a production capacity exceeding 100 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of hydrogen (H2) and synthesis gas by reforming or partial oxidation with a production capacity exceeding 25 tonnes per day\nCarbon dioxide\nProduction of soda ash (Na2CO3) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)\nCarbon dioxide\nCapture of greenhouse gases from a regulated activity for the purpose of transport and geological storage in a storage site\nCarbon dioxide\nTransport of greenhouse gases by pipelines for geological storage in a storage site\nCarbon dioxide\nGeological storage of greenhouse gases in a storage site\nCarbon dioxide\n(4) For the purpose of calculating the production or other capacity set out in an entry in column 1 of table C, where more than one activity referred to in the entry is carried out on a site, the capacities of all such activities must be added together.\n(5) For the purpose of calculating the total rated thermal input of combustion units operated on a site, the rated thermal input of all combustion units on the site must be added together, except for—\n(a) combustion units with a rated thermal input below 3 megawatts;\n(b) combustion units that use only biomass as a fuel.\n(6) Where the carrying out of an activity referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) (that is to say, an activity set out in an entry in column 1 of table C) falls within both—\n(a) an entry that does not refer to a threshold expressed as total rated thermal input; and\n(b) an entry that refers to such a threshold,\nfor the purpose of this Order, the reference to the activity in that paragraph must be treated as a reference to the activity falling within the entry referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph.\n(6A) In this paragraph—\n“relevant date” means 1st January 2025 or, if the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 is made on or after 16th November 2024, the first day of the fourth month after the month in which that Order is made;\n“upstream GHG removal” means the removal of constituent greenhouse gases from petroleum (whether by a chemical or physical process);\n“upstream site” means the site of—\n(a)a project carried out by virtue of a licence granted under section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934, section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 or section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964;\n(b)a facility (other than a liquefied natural gas import or export facility or a facility operated by a gas transporter) where constituent greenhouse gases are removed from petroleum for the purpose of enabling it to be introduced into a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter or to be conveyed to an electricity generating station, a gas storage facility, a liquefied natural gas import or export facility or any place outside the United Kingdom.\n(6B) In sub-paragraph (6A)—\n“gas storage facility” means a gas storage facility as defined in section 12(6) of the Gas Act 1995 or a gas storage facility as defined in Article 3(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n“gas transporter” means a gas transporter as defined in section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986 or the holder of a licence under Article 8(1)(a) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n“liquefied natural gas import or export facility” means an LNG import or export facility as defined in section 12(6) of the Gas Act 1995 or an LNG facility as defined in Article 3(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n“petroleum” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998 and includes petroleum that has undergone any processing.\n(7) In this Order, “specified emissions” means, in relation to a regulated activity referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the emissions of the gases referred to in that sub-paragraph.",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1) inserted (1.1.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(b), 28(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(a) omitted (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(b), 28(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(c) inserted (1.1.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(b), 28(2)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 Table C 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), 10(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": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3(6A)(6B) inserted (1.1.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(b), 28(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)"
    }
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