The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005

Made: 23rd March 2005

Laid before Parliament: 30th March 2005

Coming into force: 21st April 2005

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application of these Regulations to the Crown

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Notices

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Applications

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Functions of the regulator: Northern Ireland

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PART 2 — GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PERMITS

Requirement for greenhouse gas emissions permit to carry out Schedule 1 activities

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Applications for greenhouse gas emissions permits

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Determination of applications and grant of greenhouse gas emissions permits

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Conditions of greenhouse gas emissions permits

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Excluded installations

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Proposed change in operation

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Commencement of a Schedule 1 activity

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Variation of provisions of greenhouse gas emissions permits

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Transfer of greenhouse gas emissions permits

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Applications to surrender a greenhouse gas emissions permit

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Revocation of greenhouse gas emissions permits

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Fees and charges

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Charging scheme for offshore installations

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PART 3 — ALLOWANCES

National Allocation Plans

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Allocation and issue of allowances

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Application for an allocation from the new entrant reserve

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Allowance allocation where permit surrendered or revoked

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Applications to retain allocation

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Supplementary decisions by the regulator or the Secretary of State

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Registry

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Pooling

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PART 4 — ENFORCEMENT

Duty of regulator to enforce compliance with monitoring and reporting conditions

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Enforcement notices

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Power of the regulator to determine reportable emissions

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Powers of entry: offshore installations

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PART 5 — APPEALS

Appeals against a decision of, or a notice served by, the regulator or registry administrator

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Appeals for reconsideration of decisions

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Procedure for appeals under regulations 32 and 33

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PART 6 — INFORMATION

Information

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Publication of a list of operators subject to penalties

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National Security

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PART 7 — OFFENCES AND CIVIL PENALTIES

Offences

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Civil penalties: excess emissions

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Civil penalties: understatement of reportable emissions

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Civil penalties: general

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PART 8 — APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY'S POWERS

Directions to regulators

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Guidance to regulators

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PART 9 — SECRETARY OF STATE'S POWERS

Directions to registry administrator

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Guidance to the registry administrator

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PART 10 — SUPPLEMENTARY

Agreement of Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales and the Department for Environment

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PART 11 — REVOCATION AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Revocation and savings provisions

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Consequential amendments

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SCHEDULE 1 — Activities

PART 1 — Activities and Specified Emissions

Activities	Activities	Specified emissions
1.	Energy Activities
1.1	Activities of combustion installations with a rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts (excluding hazardous or municipal waste installations).	Carbon dioxide
1.2	Activities of mineral oil refineries.	Carbon dioxide
1.3	Activities of coke ovens.	Carbon dioxide
2.	Production and processing of ferrous metals
2.1	Activities of metal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting and sintering installations.	Carbon dioxide
2.2	Activities of installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion), including continuous casting, with a capacity of more than 2.5 tonnes per hour.	Carbon dioxide
3.	Mineral Industries
3.1	Activities of installations for the production of cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity of more than 500 tonnes per day.	Carbon dioxide
3.2	Activities of installations for the production of lime in rotary kilns or other furnaces with a production capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day.	Carbon dioxide
3.3	Activities of installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibre where the melting capacity of the plant is more than 20 tonnes per day.	Carbon dioxide
3.4	Activities of installations for the manufacture of ceramic products (including roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain) by firing in kilns where– the kiln production capacity is more than 75 tonnes per day; or the kiln capacity is more than 4m³ and the setting density is more than 300 kg/m³.	Carbon dioxide
4.	Other activities
4.1	Activities of industrial plants for the production of pulp from timber or other fibrous materials.	Carbon dioxide
4.2	Activities of industrial plants for the production of paper and board with a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes per day.	Carbon dioxide

PART 2 — Interpretation of Schedule 1

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SCHEDULE 2 — Appeals (other than appeals to which Schedule 4 applies)

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SCHEDULE 3 — Delegation of Appellate Functions

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SCHEDULE 4 — Appeals under regulation 32: Northern Ireland

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SCHEDULE 5 — Fees And Charges

PART 1 — Fees in relation to the grant, variation, transfer, surrender and revocation of a greenhouse gas emissions permit

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PART 2 — Fees in respect of the allocation of allowances

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PART 3 — Registry fees

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PART 4 — Subsistence Charges

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SCHEDULE 6 — Consequential Amendments

The Environment Act 1995

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The Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999

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Signed

Elliot Morley — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2005-03-23

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. As regards Scotland, see also section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), which provides that, despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of that Act of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under Community law, any function of a Minister of the Crown in relation to any matter shall continue to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2004/1984.

[^f00003]: 1999 c. 24.

[^f00004]: 1995 c. 25.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L 275, 25.10.03, p.32. The Directive is amended by Directive 2004/101/EC, OJ No. L 338, 13.11.2004, p.18.

[^f00006]: 2000 c. 7; the definition of electronic communication in section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 406(1) and Schedule 17, paragraph 158.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L 59 , 26.02.04, p.1.

[^f00008]: S.R. (NI) 2003 No 46, amended by S.I. 2003/496, S.I.2003/3311; there is another amending instrument which is not relevant.

[^f00009]: 1974 c. 40; section 30A(1) was inserted by section 169 of, and Schedule 23 to, the Water Act 1989 (c. 15).

[^f00010]: 1964 c. 29; section 1(7) was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise Act) 1982 (c. 23), section 37 and Schedule 3, paragraph 1.

[^f00011]: S.I. 2001/1091, amended by S.I. 2003/3311.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I.11); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/663, 2003/430 (N.I.8).

[^f00013]: OJ No. L 386, 29.12.2004, p.1

[^f00014]: 1995 c. 25; section 108 was amended by the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24), section 6(2) and Schedule3, in relation to England and Wales by the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 2000(S.I.2000/1973), regulation 39 and Schedule 10, Part 1, paragraphs 14 and 16 and the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, section 55(6), (7), (8) and (9)and in relation to Scotland by the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/323), regulation 36, Schedule 10, Part 1, paragraph 5(1) and (3).

[^f00015]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00016]: 1985 c. 6; section 736 was substituted by section 144(1) of the Companies Act 1989 (1989 c. 40).

[^f00017]: S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I.6), amended by S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I.10); there is other amending legislation but none of it is relevant.

[^f00018]: 1990 c. 43.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1997/2777 (N.I.18), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00020]: S.I. 2000/1973, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/1559, S.I. 2003/3311; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00021]: S.S.I. 2000/323, relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2003/146, 2003/170, 2003/235, 2004/26 and 2005/101 and S.I. 2003/3311.

[^f00022]: OJ No. L 257, 10.10.1996, p.26; to which there are amendments not relevant to this regulation.

[^f00023]: S.I. 2003/3311

[^f00024]: S.I. 2004/3390