{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-8A/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-8A/paragraph-1.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/8A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“baseline period” has the meaning given in point (14) of Article 2(1) of the Free Allocation Regulation;\n“eligible scheme year” means—\n(a)the first eligible scheme year;\n(b)any subsequent scheme year in the relevant allocation period;\n“first eligible scheme year” means—\n(a)if the relevant notice is a conversion notice under paragraph 23 or 23A of Schedule 7, the scheme year following the year in which the conversion notice is given;\n(b)if the relevant notice is a notice under paragraph 7 of Schedule 8—\n(i)where the notice is given in the scheme year following the excess year (as defined in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph), the scheme year following the year in which the notice is given;\n(ii)where the notice is given after the scheme year following the excess year, the scheme year in which the relevant date (as defined in sub-paragraph (3)(c)(ii) of that paragraph) falls;\n“relevant allocation period” means the allocation period that the first eligible scheme year is in;\n“relevant notice” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(a);\n“start of normal operation” has the meaning given in point (12) of Article 2(1) of the Free Allocation Regulation;\n“sub-installation” has the same meaning as in the Free Allocation Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8A inserted (7.2.2022) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1455), arts. 2, 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8A para. 1 inserted (1.1.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/850), arts. 2, 10(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8A para. 1 inserted (1.1.2023) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1173), arts. 2, 18(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8A para. 1 inserted (1.1.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/850), arts. 2, 10(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/8A/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}