Under-reporting of emissions from an [F1Article 27] installationU.K.
57.—(1) An operator of an [F1Article 27] installation is liable to the civil penalty in paragraph (2) where there are reportable emissions in a scheme year (“the unreported emissions”) that—
(a)were not reported in the report submitted for that year under paragraph 3(8)(b) of Schedule 5; but
(b)have been determined by the regulator under regulation 44(3).
(2) The civil penalty is A + (B × C) where—
A is [F2£5,000];
B is the amount of the unreported emissions;
C is the carbon price for that year.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in regs. 55-58 and headings substituted (1.1.2021) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1440), regs. 1(4), 21 (as amended by S.I. 2020/18, regs. 1, 11(4) and S.I. 2020/1369, regs. 1(2), 44(a))
F2Sum in reg. 57(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Withdrawal Agreement) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1369), regs. 1(2), 21(1) (with reg. 46)