{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-15.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": "schedule/2A/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Surrender of allowances by maritime operators",
  "text": "(1) A person who is a maritime operator in relation to a scheme year must surrender an amount of allowances equal to—\n(a) 50% of its maritime emissions arising in that scheme year (expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) from voyages—\n(i) starting at a port of call in Northern Ireland and ending at a port of call in Great Britain;\n(ii) starting at a port of call in Great Britain and ending at a port of call in Northern Ireland;\n(b) 100% of maritime emissions arising in that scheme year (expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) from any other maritime activity.\n(2) The obligation to surrender referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be satisfied—\n(a) on or before 30th April 2028 in relation to maritime emissions in the 2026 scheme year;\n(b) in relation to maritime emissions in any other scheme year, on or before 30th April in the following year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (1.7.2026) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/392), art. 1(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/2A/paragraph/15",
    "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."
}