Paragraph 23B End of hospital or small emitter status: voluntary exit of status for 2027-2030 allocation periodF1

(1)

This paragraph applies where the operator of an installation included in the hospital and small emitter list for 2026-2030 notifies the regulator on or before 30th June 2026 as part of the second stage of an application for free allocation in the 2027-2030 allocation period under Article 4(1a)(b)(i) of the Free Allocation Regulation that—

(a)

the operator wishes the application to proceed because the operator does not wish the installation to be a hospital or small emitter for the scheme years in the 2027-2030 allocation period; and

(b)

the UK ETS authority informs the regulator under Article 15a(4) of that Regulation that the application is valid.

(2)

The regulator must, as soon as reasonably practicable, give a notice (a “conversion notice”) to the operator.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 7 para. 23B inserted (31.3.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/124), arts. 2, 31(9)