PART 2Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended

Schedule 6 amended (permits)16

1

Schedule 6 is amended as follows.

2Paragraph 4 amended (greenhouse gas emissions permits: content of permit)

Omit paragraph 4(2)(c) (including the final “and”).

3Paragraph 11 amended (surrender of permits)

In paragraph 11—

a

in sub-paragraph (7)—

i

after “reportable emissions” insert “, or reports on activity levels,”;

ii

for “condition referred to in paragraph 4(2)(b)” substitute “conditions referred to in paragraph 4(2)(b) and (6)(b)”;

b

after sub-paragraph (7) insert—

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Despite sub-paragraphs (6)(b) and (7), the condition referred to in paragraph 4(6)(b) does not have effect to require the operator to prepare a report on the installation’s activity levels in the scheme year before the first non-entitled scheme year (as defined in Article 26(2) of the Free Allocation Regulation).

4Paragraph 12 amended (revocation of permits)

In paragraph 12—

a

in sub-paragraph (8)—

i

after “reportable emissions” insert “, or reports on activity levels,”;

ii

for “condition referred to in paragraph 4(2)(b)” substitute “conditions referred to in paragraph 4(2)(b) and (6)(b)”;

b

after sub-paragraph (8) insert—

8A

Despite sub-paragraphs (7)(b) and (8), the condition referred to in paragraph 4(6)(b) does not have effect to require the operator to prepare a report on the installation’s activity levels in the scheme year before the first non-entitled scheme year (as defined in Article 26(2) of the Free Allocation Regulation).