The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Interpretation S

2.  In these Regulations—

“2009 Regulations” means the Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009 M1 ;

[F1 “Annex I” means Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC;]

“cancellation” of a carbon unit means the crediting of the unit in the [F2 Voluntary Cancellation Account] in the UK registry, and a unit so credited is “cancelled”;

“EU ETS” means the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme established under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC M2 ;

“Kyoto Protocol” means the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC signed at Kyoto on 11th December 1997 M3 ;

[F3 “Registries Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011;]

[F4 “registry administrator” means the national administrator for the UK Registry specified in Article 3(2)(k) of the Registries RegulationF5 ,]

“UNFCCC” means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed at New York on 9th May 1992 M4 ; and

“UK registry” means the registry established for the United Kingdom in accordance with the Registries Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.4.2016) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/46), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

F2 Words in reg. 2 substituted (8.6.2015) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/189), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 2 substituted (8.6.2015) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/189), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 2 substituted (10.11.2021) by The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/318), regs. 1, 2(2)

F5 Article 3 was substituted by S.I. 2021/511.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2009/1257 as amended by S.I. 2009/3146.

M2 O.J. No. L 275, 25.10.2003, p.32 as amended by Directive 2004/101/EC (O.J. No. L 338, 13.11.2004, p.18); Directive 2008/101/EC (O.J. No. L 8, 13.1.2009, p.3); Commission Regulation (EC) No. 219/2009, (O.J. No. L 87, 31.3.2009, p.109); and Directive 2009/29/EC (O.J. No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.63). The Emissions Trading Directive is transposed by the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/925).

M3 The Protocol was signed by the United Kingdom on 29th April 1998 and entered into force on 16th February 2005. The text of the Protocol can be found at http://unfcc.int/2860.

M4 The Convention was signed by the United Kingdom on 12th June 1992 and came into force on 21st March 1994. The text of the Convention can be found at http://unfcc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf.