PART 1General

Interpretation4.

In this Order—

“Aerodrome” means a defined area on land or water, including any buildings, installations and equipment, intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraftF1,

“Aerodrome pair” means a group of two aerodromes composed of a departing aerodrome and an arrival aerodromeF1,

“Aeroplane” means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flightF1,

“Aeroplane operator” means a person identified under article 5F1,

“Aeroplane owner” means a person, organisation or enterprise identified via Item 4 (name of owner) and Item 5 (address of owner) on the certificate of registration of an aeroplaneF1,

“Aeroplane type” means the aeroplane types described in “Doc 8643 – Aircraft Type Designators”2F1,

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“Air Operator Certificate” or “AOC” means a certificate issued by the CAA authorising an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operationsF1,

“CAA” means the Civil Aviation Authority of the United KingdomF1,

“CERT” means the CO2 Estimation and Reporting Tool regulated by Schedule 3F1,

“Chicago Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation and its Annexes3, signed in Chicago on 7th December 1944, as amendedF1,
“chief inspector” means the chief inspector constituted under regulation 8(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20134F1,

“CO2” means carbon dioxideF1,

“CO2e” means carbon dioxide equivalentF1,

“Compliance period” means the relevant timeline set out in Schedule 1F1,

“Conversion process” means a type of technology used to convert a feedstock into aviation fuelF1,

“CORSIA” means the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation5F1,
“CORSIA eligible fuel” means a CORSIA sustainable aviation fuel or a CORSIA lower carbon aviation fuel, which an aeroplane operator may use to reduce its offsetting requirements6F1,
“CORSIA lower carbon aviation fuel” means a fossil-based aviation fuel that meets the CORSIA Sustainability Criteria7 under this OrderF1,
“CORSIA sustainable aviation fuel” means a renewable or waste-derived aviation fuel that meets the CORSIA Sustainability Criteria8 under this OrderF1,

“domestic flight” means the operation of an aircraft from take-off at an aerodrome in the United Kingdom or its territories, to landing at an aerodrome of the United Kingdom or its territoriesF1,

“Emissions Monitoring Plan” means the plan setting out how the aeroplane operator’s aviation emissions are to be monitored for the purposes of this OrderF1,

“Emissions Report” means the report produced by the aeroplane operator for the purposes of article 31(1)F1,

“Feedstock” means a type of unprocessed raw material used for the production of aviation fuelF1,

“Flight plan” means specified information provided to air traffic services units, relative to an intended flight or portion of a flight of an aircraftF1,

“Fuel uplift” means the measurement of fuel provided by the fuel supplier, as documented in the fuel delivery notes or invoices for each flight, in litresF1,

“Great Circle Distance” means the shortest distance, rounded to the nearest kilometre, between the origin and the destination aerodromes, measured over the earth’s surface modelled according to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)9F1,

“GHG” means Greenhouse gasesF1,

“IAF” means International Accreditation ForumF1,

“ICAO” means the International Civil Aviation Organisation10F1,

“IEC” means International Electrotechnical CommissionF1,

“international flight” means the operation of an aircraft from take-off at an aerodrome of a State or its territories, to landing at an aerodrome of another State or its territoriesF1,

“ISO” means International Organization for StandardizationF1,

“ISO 14064-3:2006” means ISO document entitled “Greenhouse gases -- Part 3: Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions”F3,

“ISO 14065:2013” means ISO document entitled “Greenhouse gases - Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition, Document published on: 2013-04”F3,

“ISO 14066:2011” means ISO document entitled “Greenhouse gases — Competence requirements for greenhouse gas validation teams and verification teams”F3,

“ISO/IEC 17011:2004” means ISO/IEC document entitled “Conformity assessment - General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies”F3,

“kg” means kilogrammesF1,

“MRV” means Monitoring, Reporting and VerificationF1,

“MJ” means MegajouleF1,

“National accreditation body” means the body authorised by a State which attests that a verification body is competent to provide specific verification servicesF1,

“New entrant” means any aeroplane operator that commences an aviation activity falling within the scope of this Order on or after its entry into force and whose activity is not in whole or in part a continuation of an aviation activity previously performed by another aeroplane operatorF1,

“Notifying State” means the State that has submitted to ICAO the request for the registration of or change in the three-letter designator of an aeroplane operator over which it has jurisdictionF1,

“NRW” means the Natural Resources Body for Wales11F1,

“Operator” means, for the purpose of this Order, the person, organisation or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in an aircraft operationF1,

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“Regulator” is the regulator identified under article 10 for the purpose of this OrderF1,

“Reporting period” means a period which commences on 1st January and finishes on 31st December in a given year for which an aeroplane operator or State reports required information. The flight departure time (UTC)12 determines which reporting period a flight belongs toF1,

“scheme year” means the calendar year beginning on 1st January 2021 or any of the subsequent calendar years during which CORSIA appliesF1, and a reference to a scheme year described by a calendar year, such as the “2021 scheme year”, is a reference to the scheme year beginning on 1st January of that yearF1,

“SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency13F1,

“SI units” means the international system of measurements that is based on particular metric unitsF1,

“source stream” means any of a specific fuel type, raw material or product giving rise to emissions of relevant greenhouse gases at one or more emission sources as a result of its consumption or productionF1,

“State” means any State that is a signatory to, or has acceded to, the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7th December 1944F1,

“State aircraft” means an aircraft used in the military, customs or police servicesF1,

“State pair” means a group of two States composed of a departing State or its territories and an arrival State or its territoriesF1,

F4Sustainability Certification Scheme” means a scheme for the certification of sustainable fuels that has been approved by ICAO in ICAO document “CORSIA Approved Sustainability Certification Scheme”3,

“UK ETS Order” means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 202014F1,

F5Verification body” means a person that performs the verification of an Emissions Report, as an accredited independent third party,

F5Verification of report” means an independent, systematic and sufficiently documented evaluation process of an Emissions Report,

F5Verification Report” means a document, drafted by the verification body, containing the verification statement and required supporting information set out in paragraph 3(22) to (26) of Schedule 6 and required supporting information, and

F5Verification team” means a group of verifiers, or a single verifier that also qualifies as a team leader, belonging to a verification body conducting the verification of an Emissions Report, whether or not supported by technical experts.