# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012, Paragraph 2: Conversion of a greenhouse gas emissions permit

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where a greenhouse gas emissions permit has been granted in respect of an installation that is an Article 27 installation, the regulator must vary the greenhouse gas emissions permit (with effect from a date to be included in the permit) so that the provisions of the permit are replaced by provisions that satisfy the requirements of paragraph 3.
(2) When a permit is varied under sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) the regulator may make only such variations as appear to the regulator to be necessary in consequence of the installation being an Article 27 installation; but
(b) that is without prejudice to the duty to vary the permit in accordance with regulation 88(2) or (4).
(3) A variation of a permit under this paragraph does not affect any obligations of the operator under the permit in respect of emissions arising prior to 1st January 2021.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3038/schedule/5/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-2
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