PART 2Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended

Article 64A inserted10

After article 64 insert—

Failure to comply with notice to return allowances64A

1

A person is liable to a civil penalty where the person fails to comply (or to comply on time) with the requirements of a notice (the “notice to return allowances”) given under article 34V.

2

The civil penalty is—

a

£20,000; and

b

a daily penalty at a daily rate of £1,000 for each day that the person fails to comply with the requirements of the notice to return allowances, beginning with the day on which the initial notice is given.