{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-5A/paragraph-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-5A/paragraph-30.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/5A/paragraph/30",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Balance in accounts to be closed",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where there are allowances in an account that is to be closed under paragraph 27, 28, 28A or 29(2) or (3).\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the registry administrator must give notice to the account holder, requiring the account holder to transfer the allowances to another account on or before a date set out in the notice; and if the account holder does not comply with the notice, the registry administrator must transfer the allowances to a general holding account before closing the account.\n(3) If the account to be closed has been suspended, the registry administrator must transfer the allowances to a general holding account before closing the account.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 37"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5A para. 30(1) substituted (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. 2 para. 28"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/5A/paragraph/30",
    "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."
}