{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-28.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/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Quality assurance of relevant measurement equipment",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of paragraph 27(3)(a) the maritime operator must ensure that all relevant measuring equipment is—\n(a) calibrated, adjusted and checked at regular intervals including prior to use;\n(b) checked against measurement standards traceable to international measurement standards, where available, and proportionate to the risks identified.\n(2) Where components of the measuring systems cannot be calibrated, the maritime operator must—\n(a) identify those components in the emissions monitoring plan;\n(b) propose alternative control activities.\n(3) When the equipment is found not to comply with the performance requirements, the maritime operator must promptly take necessary corrective action.",
  "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/28",
    "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."
}