{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-80.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/80",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Administrative measures",
  "text": "(1) The national accreditation body may suspend, withdraw or reduce the scope of an accreditation of a verifier where the verifier does not meet the requirements of this Part.\n(2) The national accreditation body must suspend, withdraw or reduce the scope of an accreditation of a verifier where the verifier so requests.\n(3) The national accreditation body must establish, document, implement and maintain a procedure for the suspension, withdrawal and reduction of scope of the accreditation in line with the standard referred to in paragraph 71(2).\n(4) The national accreditation body must suspend a verifier’s accreditation, or reduce the scope of an accreditation where the verifier has—\n(a) committed a serious breach of the requirements of this Part;\n(b) persistently and repeatedly failed to meet the requirements of this Part;\n(c) breached any other specific terms and conditions laid down by the national accreditation body.\n(5) The national accreditation body must withdraw a verifier’s accreditation where—\n(a) the verifier has failed to remedy the grounds for a decision to suspend the accreditation certificate;\n(b) a member of the top management of the verifier or a verifier’s staff involved in verification activities under this Part has been found guilty of fraud;\n(c) the verifier has intentionally provided false information or has intentionally concealed information.\n(6) Decisions of a national accreditation body to suspend, withdraw or reduce the scope of an accreditation in accordance with sub-paragraphs (1), (4) and (5) are subject to appeal in accordance with the procedures established by the national accreditation body for the resolution of appeals.\n(7) Decisions of a national accreditation body to suspend, withdraw or reduce the scope of the accreditation take effect upon being notified to the verifier. The national accreditation body must consider the impact on activities carried out prior to those decisions in the light of the nature of the non-compliance.\n(8) The national accreditation body must terminate the suspension of an accreditation certificate where it has received satisfactory information and concludes that the verifier meets the requirements of this Part.",
  "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/80",
    "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."
}