# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this Schedule—
“baseline period” has the meaning given in point (14) of Article 2(1) of the Free Allocation Regulation;
“eligible scheme year” means—
(a)the first eligible scheme year;
(b)any subsequent scheme year in the relevant allocation period;
“first eligible scheme year” means—
(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;
(b)if the relevant notice is a notice under paragraph 7 of Schedule 8—
(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;
(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;
“relevant allocation period” means the allocation period that the first eligible scheme year is in;
“relevant notice” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(a);
“start of normal operation” has the meaning given in point (12) of Article 2(1) of the Free Allocation Regulation;
“sub-installation” has the same meaning as in the Free Allocation Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/8A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-8A/paragraph-1
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