PART 2Amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory Regulations 2005

Amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory Regulations 20052.

In regulation 7 of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory Regulations 20052—

(a)

omit paragraph (6)(a) (together with the “and” at the end);

(b)

for paragraph (7) substitute—

“(7)

The Environment Agency may only authorise an applicant’s participation in a project activity or a proposed project activity if the Environment Agency is satisfied that to do so would be consistent with—

(i)

the UNFCCC;

(ii)

the Kyoto Protocol; and

(iii)

the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol3, as adopted and amended from time to time.”.