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The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation

    2. 2.Commencement

    3. 3.Extent

  3. PART 2 Free allocation in 2026 allocation period

    1. 4.Interpretation

    2. 5.Meaning of “2026 incumbent”, etc.

    3. 6.Free allocation in 2026 allocation period: type 1 2026 incumbents

    4. 7.Free allocation in 2026 allocation period: type 2 2026 incumbents

    5. 8.2026 incumbents; allocation from flexible reserve if industry cap exceeded

    6. 9.Renunciation of free allocation in 2026 allocation period

    7. 10.Free allocation in 2026 allocation period: lime and malt extract

  4. PART 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended

    1. 11.Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended

    2. 12.Article 4 amended (interpretation)

    3. 13.Article 4A amended (meaning of FA installation, etc.)

    4. 14.Article 12 amended (aircraft operator: change in regulator)

    5. 15.Article 13 amended (aircraft operator: change in registered office)

    6. 16.Article 20 amended (cap for scheme years)

    7. 17.Article 23A amended (flexible reserve)

    8. 18.Article 27A amended (installations: information to be submitted on or before 30 June 2025 where no application for free allocation, etc. is made)

    9. 19.Article 34A amended (allocation tables for 2021-2025 and 2027-2030 allocation periods)

    10. 20.Article 34AA inserted

    11. 21.Article 34B amended (allocation tables: supplementary)

    12. 22.Article 34C amended (allocation tables: updates)

    13. 23.Article 34D amended (allocation tables: publication, etc.)

    14. 24.Article 34H amended (installations: errors in applications for free allocation, etc)

    15. 25.Article 59 amended (ultra-small emitters: reportable emissions exceeding maximum amount)

    16. 26.Article 75B amended (restriction on disclosing information)

    17. 27.Article 75C amended (national security)

    18. 28.Schedule 3 amended (applications, notices, etc. submitted to regulators)

    19. 29.Schedule 5A amended (registry)

    20. 30.Schedule 6 amended (permits)

    21. 31.Schedule 7 amended (hospitals and small emitters)

    22. 32.Schedule 8 amended (ultra-small emitters)

  5. PART 4 Free Allocation Regulation amended

    1. 33.Free Allocation Regulation amended

    2. 34.Article 2 amended (definitions)

    3. 35.Article 2a amended (eligibility for free allocation)

    4. 36.Article 2b amended (free allocation in 2026 and 2027-2030 allocation periods: applications by incumbent installations that will not produce electricity for sale for consumption outside the installation)

    5. 37.Article 2c amended (meaning of “electricity generator” and “relevant CHP electricity”)

    6. 38.Article 4 amended (application for free allocation in 2027-2030 allocation period by operators of incumbent installations)

    7. 39.Article 5 amended (application for free allocation by new entrants)

    8. 40.Article 8 amended (content and submission of the monitoring methodology plan)

    9. 41.Article 15a amended (assessment of applications for free allocation by operators of incumbent installations)

    10. 42.Article 16 amended (preliminary allocation at installation level for incumbent installations)

    11. 43.Article 16a amended (cross-sectoral correction factors)

    12. 44.Article 16b (final allocation at installation level for incumbent installations)

    13. 45.Article 18 amended (preliminary allocation to new entrants)

    14. 46.Article 24 amended (renunciation of free allocation of allowances)

    15. 47.Article 25 amended (mergers and splits)

    16. 48.Annex 7 amended (data monitoring methods)

    17. 49.Annex 8 amended (benchmarks)

  6. PART 5 Activity Level Changes Regulation amended

    1. 50.Activity Level Changes Regulation amended

    2. 51.Article 3 amended (reporting requirements)

    3. 52.Article 3a amended (sub-installations for which no historical activity determined)

    4. 53.Article 5 amended (adjustments to free allocation due to activity level changes)

  7. Signature

  8. Explanatory Note

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