Content of a greenhouse gas emissions permit
- Monitor emissions, report annually, and surrender allowances under your greenhouse gas emissions permit Operator
UK Statutory Instrument
2012
United Kingdom
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
At a glance
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What's here
12 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Operator 10
- Applicant 1
- Occupier 1
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
Applicants also bound by 294 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 46 duties
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 30 duties
- The Land Registration Rules 2003 2003 25 duties
- Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 1995 18 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 14 duties
Occupiers also bound by 259 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 2021 39 duties
- Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 2006 34 duties
- The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 1995 34 duties
- Highways Act 1980 1980 23 duties
- Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 2015 18 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Transfer of permits
- Submit a transfer application with required information Applicant
Surrender of permits
- Comply with notice of surrender: submit report and surrender allowances Operator
Revocation of permits
- Submit revocation report and surrender allowances when permit is revoked Operator
Content of an Article 27 installation emissions permit
- Comply with monitoring, reporting, record-keeping and notification conditions in your emissions permit Operator
Emissions target: duty not to exceed
- Keep reportable emissions within your annual target Operator
Emissions target: increase in the capacity of an Article 27 installation
- Apply for increased emissions targets after a capacity increase Operator
Termination of an Article 27 installation emissions permit
- Comply with full greenhouse gas emissions permit after losing Article 27 status Operator
Duty to monitor emissions
- Monitor your installation's emissions using an approved plan Operator
Duty to notify if emissions exceed maximum amount during an allocation period
- Notify the regulator if your emissions exceed the maximum amount Operator
Browse 97 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Crown application
Entry to Crown premises
Service on certain Crown operators
In this Schedule, “ instrument ” means any notice or...
The provisions of this Schedule do not apply where a...
An instrument must be in writing.
An instrument may be served on or given to a...
In the case of a body corporate, an instrument may...
In the case of a partnership, an instrument may be...
If a person (“Q”) to be served with or given...
For the purposes of this Schedule, “ proper address ”...
For the purposes of paragraph 7, where a body corporate...
(1) Where for the purposes of paragraph 7 the person...
Applications etc.: general
Determination of applications
Applications for permits
Interpretation
Conversion of a greenhouse gas emissions permit
Activities during 2012: duty to notify regulator
Banking an overachieved emissions target
End of excluded installation status
Interpretation
The operator's preferred alternative permit
Termination of Article 27a status
Interpretation
Calculation of final total annual amount of allowances: significant capacity reductions and partial cessation of regulated activities
Recovery of allowances
Application
Application for an allocation from the new entrant reserve: new entrants
Application for an allocation from the new entrant reserve: significant capacity extensions
Notification of preliminary annual number of allowances: new entrants and significant capacity extensions
Calculation of final total annual amount of allowances allocated free of charge: new entrants and significant capacity extensions
Adjustment of allocation: significant capacity reductions
Adjustment of allocation to an installation: permanent cessations of regulated activities
Adjustment of allocation to an installation: partial cessation of regulated activities
Notification of preliminary annual number of allowances: significant capacity reductions and partial cessation of regulated activities
Application of this Schedule
Notification of preliminary annual number of allowances: significant capacity reductions and partial cessation of regulated activities
Calculation of final total annual amount of allowances: significant capacity reductions and partial cessation of regulated activities
Recovery of allowances
Interpretation
Notification of end of excluded installation status: no significant capacity reduction or partial cessation
Application for an allocation from the new entrant reserve: significant capacity extensions of excluded installations
Notification of preliminary annual number of allowances: significant capacity extensions of excluded installations
Calculation of final total annual amount of allowances allocated free of charge: significant capacity extensions of excluded installations
Adjustment of allocation: significant capacity reduction of excluded installation
Adjustment of allocation: permanent cessation of regulated activities at an excluded installation
Adjustment of allocation to an installation: partial cessation of regulated activities of excluded installation
Purpose of this Schedule
Recovery of allowances
Interpretation
Application for a benchmarking plan
Issue of a benchmarking plan
Amendment of a benchmarking plan
Monitoring tonne-kilometre data
Reporting tonne-kilometre data
Submission of the report to the Secretary of State and the European Commission
Publication of aviation allowances
Force majeure
Purpose of this Schedule
Application for a benchmarking plan
Issue of a benchmarking plan
Amendment of a benchmarking plan
Monitoring tonne-kilometre data
Application for an allocation of allowances
Submission of an application to the Secretary of State and to the European Commission
Publication of aviation allowances from the special reserve
Maximum allocation of aviation allowances from the special reserve
Interpretation
Sale following detention of aircraft
Release of aircraft
Court procedures
Proceeds of sale
Equipment and documents
Assistance of aerodrome operator
Procedure for applying for leave to sell an aircraft
Application for an operating ban
Enforcement of an operating ban
(1) Any person who wishes to appeal to the Scottish...
In this Part— “appointed person” means a person appointed under...
An appointment must be in writing and—
Subject to the provisions of this Part, an appointed person,...
(1) If the appellant, the regulator or any person whose...
(1) Where— (a) under paragraph 11(c) the appointment of the...
(1) Anything done or omitted to be done by an...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), notice of appeal in accordance...
(1) The regulator must, within 16 days of receipt of...
(1) Before determining an appeal, the appeal body may afford...
(1) Where an appeal under regulation 73(1) is to be...
(1) The appeal body must give notice to the appellant...
Where an appeal is made against the refusal of an...
Where the appeal body's determination of an appeal is quashed...
In this Part— (a) “affected party” means an interested party—...
(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the Planning...
Notice of appeal in accordance with paragraph 1 is to...
(1) The appeals commission must determine the appeal and section...
An appeal under this Schedule must be accompanied by any...
Surrender of permits
- Apply to surrender your permit within one month of ceasing operations Operator
The Union Registry
- Enter emissions data in the Union Registry and ensure verification Occupier
Browse 105 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Application
Duty to review these Regulations
Interpretation
Application to the Crown etc.
Notices etc.
Applications etc.
Functions of the regulator: Northern Ireland
Commission Regulations: designations
Requirement for permit to carry out regulated activities
Applications for and grant of permits
Review, variation and consolidation of permits
Transfer of permits
Transfer of permits: underreporting discovered after transfer
Revocation of permits
Excluded installations : Article 27 installations
Excluded installations: Article 27a installations
Allocation of allowances for 2013 to 2020
Powers of entry
Charging schemes
Charging schemes: supplementary
Interpretation
Civil Aviation Authority
UK administered operators: power to designate
Application to be designated as a UK administered operator
Transfers of operators between member States
Gibraltar operators
UK aircraft operators
Regulators: general
Regulators: assessment of emissions
Regulators: change in registered office
Allocation of aviation allowances
Interpretation
Application for an emissions plan by a UK administered operator
Application for an emissions plan by a UK administered operator: activities during 2015 to 2023
Application for an emissions plan by a UK administered operator: post-2023 activities
Application for an emissions plan by a UK administered operator: general
Requirement to notify the regulator if an emissions plan is not applied for before 1st January 2015
Requirement to notify the regulator if an emissions plan is not applied for on or after 1st January 2015
Issue of an emissions plan
Monitoring and reporting emissions
Emissions plan conditions
Variation of an emissions plan
Variation of a benchmarking plan
Detention and sale of aircraft
Aircraft operating bans
Surrender of allowances: operators of installations
Surrender of allowances: UK aircraft operators
Surrender of allowances: UK aircraft operators: 2013, 2014 and subsequent scheme years
Surrender of a deficit of allowances: UK administered operators
Enforcement notices
Power to determine reportable emissions
Provision of information
Disclosure of information
National security
Interpretation
Carbon Price
Penalty notices
Discretion in imposing civil penalties
Carrying out a regulated activity contrary to regulation 9
Failure to comply with a condition of a permit
Failure to transfer or surrender allowances where underreporting discovered after transfer
Failure to surrender allowances
Exceeding an emissions target for an Article 27 installation
Failure to pay a penalty for exceeding an emissions target for an Article 27 installation
Under-reporting of emissions from an Article 27 installation
Failure to notify when an Article 27 installation ceases to meet the criteria for being Article 27
Failure to notify when an excluded installation has had a significant capacity reduction or partial cessation of regulated activities
Failure to notify when the operator of an excluded installation has suspended the carrying out of regulated activities at the installation
Exceeding the maximum amount for an Article 27a installation
Carrying out regulated activity without the necessary permit
Failure to surrender a permit
Failure to submit or resubmit an application for an emissions plan
Failure to notify the regulator if an emissions plan is not applied for
Failure to comply with a condition of an emissions plan
Failure to monitor aviation emissions
Failure to report aviation emissions
Failure to provide assistance and advice
Failure to comply with a direction relating to an operating ban
Failure to return allowances
Failure to comply with an enforcement notice
Failure to comply with an information notice
Providing false or misleading information
Publication of names of persons subject to penalties under regulation 54(1)
Interpretation
Rights of appeal
Rights of appeal: registries
Appeal body
Effect of an appeal
Determination of an appeal
Procedure for appeals
Interpretation
The UK Registry
Recovery of fees
Consequences of non-payment
Guidance
Duty of Secretary of State to publish information
Revocations
Savings and transitional provisions: the 2005 Regulations
Savings and transitional provisions: the 2010 Regulations
Obligations in relation to aviation emissions arising before 2013
Obligations in relation to aviation emissions arising before 2013: deficits
Unreported emissions arising before 2013
Transitional provisions: permits
Transitional provisions: aviation emissions plans
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