{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-63",
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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/63",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Verification teams",
  "text": "(1) For each particular verification engagement, the verifier must assemble a verification team capable of performing the verification activities referred to in paragraphs 43 to 61.\n(2) The verification team must at least consist of a UK ETS lead auditor and, where the verifier’s conclusions during the assessment referred to in paragraph 43(2)(e) and the strategic analysis so require, a suitable number of UK ETS auditors and technical experts.\n(3) For the independent review of the verification activities related to a particular verification engagement, the verifier must appoint an independent reviewer who is not part of the verification team.\n(4) Team members must have a clear understanding of their specific role in the verification process and must be able to communicate effectively in the language required to perform their verification tasks and to examine the information submitted by the maritime operator.\n(5) The verification team must include at least one person with the technical competence and understanding required to assess the specific technical monitoring and reporting aspects related to the maritime activities carried out by the maritime operator.\n(6) Where the verification team consists of one person, that person must meet all the competence requirements for the UK ETS auditor and the UK ETS lead auditor and meet the requirements laid down in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).",
  "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"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/2A/paragraph/63",
    "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."
}