{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-97",
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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/97",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Use of laboratories",
  "text": "(1) The maritime operator must ensure that laboratories used to carry out analyses for the determination of emission factors are accredited in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025, as updated from time to time, for the relevant analytical methods.\n(2) Laboratories not accredited in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025 may be used for the determination of emission factors only where the maritime operator can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the regulator that access to laboratories referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is technically not feasible or would incur unreasonable costs, and that the non-accredited laboratory meets requirements equivalent to EN ISO/IEC 17025.\n(3) The regulator must deem a laboratory to meet requirements equivalent to EN ISO/IEC 17025 within the meaning of sub-paragraph (2) where the maritime operator provides, to the extent feasible, evidence in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).\n(4) With respect to quality management, the maritime operator must produce an accredited certification of the laboratory in conformity with EN ISO/IEC 9001, as updated from time to time, or other certified quality management systems that cover the laboratory. In the absence of such certified quality management systems, the maritime operator must provide other appropriate evidence that the laboratory is capable of managing its personnel, procedures, documents and tasks in a reliable manner.\n(5) With respect to technical competence, the maritime operator must provide evidence that the laboratory is competent and able to generate technically valid results using the relevant analytical procedures. Such evidence must cover at least the following elements—\n(a) management of the personnel’s competence for the specific tasks assigned;\n(b) suitability of accommodation and environmental conditions;\n(c) selection of analytical methods and relevant standards;\n(d) where applicable, management of sampling and sample preparation, including control of sample integrity;\n(e) where applicable, development and validation of new analytical methods or application of methods not covered by international or national standards;\n(f) uncertainty estimation;\n(g) management of equipment, including procedures for calibration, adjustment, maintenance and repair of equipment, and record keeping thereof;\n(h) management and control of data, documents and software;\n(i) management of calibration items and reference materials;\n(j) quality assurance for calibration and test results, including regular participation in proficiency testing schemes, applying analytical methods to certified reference materials, or inter-comparison with an accredited laboratory;\n(k) management of outsourced processes;\n(l) management of assignments, customer complaints, and ensuring timely 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/97",
    "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."
}