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The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005

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National Allocation Plans

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20.—(1) Subject to regulation 46, the Secretary of State shall develop a national allocation plan in respect of the second scheme phase and in respect of each subsequent scheme phase.

(2) The Secretary of State shall send to the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales and the Department of the Environment—

(a)a copy of the national allocation plan developed under paragraph (1), at least 18 months before the beginning of the scheme phase in respect of which it is developed;

(b)information on whether the European Commission has accepted or rejected a national allocation plan or any aspect of a plan as soon as practicable after being advised of such acceptance or rejection; and

(c)any amendment to the national allocation plan proposed by the Secretary of State as soon as practicable after its communication to the European Commission.

(3) The Secretary of State shall publish in England the national allocation plan developed for each scheme phase, at least 18 months before the beginning of the relevant phase.

(4) The Secretary of State shall publish in England information on whether the European Commission has accepted or rejected a national allocation plan or any aspect of a plan as soon as practicable after being advised of such acceptance or rejection.

(5) Where the European Commission rejects a national allocation plan or any aspect of such plan under Article 9(3) of the Directive and the Secretary of State proposes an amendment to the plan, the Secretary of State shall publish in England the amendment as soon as practicable after its communication to the European Commission.

(6) The Scottish Ministers shall publish in Scotland any plan, information or amendment sent to them by the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) as soon as practicable after it is received.

(7) The National Assembly for Wales shall publish in Wales any plan, information or amendment sent to it by the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) as soon as practicable after it is received.

(8) The Department of the Environment shall publish in Northern Ireland any plan, information or amendment sent to it by the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) as soon as practicable after it is received.

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