The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020

Obtaining hospital or small emitter status for 2026-2030 allocation period: Conditions A, B and C

6.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 5.

Condition A

(2) Condition A is that the installation—

(a) is an installation that primarily provides services to a hospital in the 2023 scheme year; or

(b) if a regulated activity has not begun to be carried out at the installation at the date of the application—

(i) a regulated activity will begin to be carried out at the installation before 1st November 2025; and

(ii) the installation will be an installation that primarily provides services to a hospital after that date.

(3) Where the operator submits evidence that the installation meets condition A, the operator must also submit—

(a) if a regulated activity begins to be carried out at the installation on or before 1st January 2021, evidence of—

(i) the installation’s reportable emissions in each of the 2021, 2022 and 2023 scheme years, verified as mentioned in paragraph 5(6);

(ii) where the activity referred to in column 1 of the first entry in table C in Schedule 2 (combustion of fuels) is carried out at the installation, the installation’s rated thermal input in each of those years;

(b) in any other case—

(i) where a regulated activity has begun to be carried out at the installation at the date of the application, such evidence of the matters referred to in paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) as is available at the date of the application; and

(ii) where the evidence submitted under sub-paragraph (i) does not include evidence of reportable emissions for a complete scheme year, an estimate of the installation’s reportable emissions in the 2026 scheme year.

Condition B

(4) Condition B is that—

(a) a regulated activity begins to be carried out at the installation on or before 1st January 2021;

(b) the installation’s reportable emissions in each of the 2021, 2022 and 2023 scheme years do not exceed the maximum amount; and

(c) where the activity referred to in column 1 of the first entry in table C in Schedule 2 (combustion of fuels) is carried out at the installation, the installation’s rated thermal input is below 35 megawatts in each of those years.

Condition C

(5) Condition C is that—

(a) if a regulated activity is carried out at the installation at the date of the application, the regulated activity began to be carried out at the installation after 1st January 2021;

(b) if a regulated activity has not begun to be carried out at the installation at the date of the application, a regulated activity will begin to be carried out at the installation before 1st November 2025;

(c) the installation’s reportable emissions—

(i) are not likely to exceed the maximum amount in each of the scheme years in the 2026-2030 allocation period; and

(ii) if a regulated activity has begun to be carried out at the installation at the date of the application, do not exceed the maximum amount in each of the scheme years for which, at the date of the application, evidence of reportable emissions is available; and

(d) where the activity referred to in column 1 of the first entry in table C in Schedule 2 (combustion of fuels) is carried out at the installation, the installation’s rated thermal input—

(i) is likely to be below 35 megawatts in each of the scheme years in the 2026-2030 allocation period; and

(ii) if a regulated activity has begun to be carried out at the installation at the date of the application, is below 35 megawatts in each of the scheme years for which, at the date of the application, evidence of rated thermal input is available.

(6) Where the evidence submitted under sub-paragraph (5) does not include evidence of reportable emissions for a complete scheme year, the operator must also submit an estimate of the installation’s reportable emissions in the 2026 scheme year.