{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-16",
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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/2A/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Maritime monitoring and reporting principles",
  "text": "A maritime operator must carry out their obligations relating to monitoring and reporting of maritime emissions under this Order in accordance with the following principles—\n(a) a maritime operator must determine emissions using the appropriate monitoring methodology set out in Part 4;\n(b) monitoring and reporting must be complete and cover all maritime emissions;\n(c) a maritime operator must apply appropriate measures to prevent any data gaps within the scheme year;\n(d) monitoring and reporting must be consistent and comparable over time and, to that end, a maritime operator must use the same monitoring methodologies and data sets subject to variations approved by the regulator;\n(e) a maritime operator must obtain, record, compile, analyse and document monitoring data, including assumptions, references, emission factors and activity data, in a transparent manner that enables the reproduction of the determination of maritime emissions by the verifier and the regulator;\n(f) a maritime operator must ensure that the determination of maritime emissions is neither systematically nor knowingly inaccurate, and must identify and reduce any source of inaccuracies;\n(g) a maritime operator must enable reasonable assurance of the integrity of the maritime emission data to be monitored and reported;\n(h) a maritime operator must exercise due diligence to ensure that the calculation and measurement of maritime emissions are of the highest achievable accuracy;\n(i) a maritime operator must endeavour to take account of the recommendations included in the verification reports issued under paragraph 59 in their subsequent monitoring and reporting.",
  "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/16",
    "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."
}