7.—(1) A commercial air transport operator is not an aircraft operator for the purposes of this Order in relation to a scheme year, where in respect of that year it operates—
(a)less than 243 full-scope flights per period for 3 consecutive 4-month periods; or
(b)full-scope flights with total annual emissions of less than 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
(2) In this article, “4-month period” means any of the following periods—
(a)January to April;
(b)May to August;
(c)September to December.
(3) For the purposes of this article, a full-scope flight is taken to have occurred in the 4-month period that included its local time of departure.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 7 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)