The Air Navigation (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) Order 2021

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Extent

   3. 3. Application

   4. 4. Interpretation

   5. 5. Meaning of aeroplane operator

   6. 6. Units

3. PART 2 Administration

   1. CHAPTER 1 General

      1. 7. Notification to ICAO of voluntary participation in CORSIA

      2. 8. Attribution of an aeroplane operator to the United Kingdom

      3. 9. Attribution of international flights to an aeroplane operator

      4. 10. Meaning of Regulator

      5. 11. Regulator tasks

      6. 12. Record keeping

      7. 13. Compliance periods and timeline

      8. 14. Equivalent procedures

      9. 15. The CAA

   2. CHAPTER 2 Aeroplane operator’s change in circumstances

      1. 16. Change in aeroplane operator’s attribution to a State

      2. 17. Change in aeroplane operator’s registered office within the United Kingdom

   3. CHAPTER 3 Applications, notices, etc.

      1. 18. Submission of applications and notices to Regulators

      2. 19. Determination of applications by Regulators

      3. 20. Service of notices given by the Regulator

4. PART 3 Monitoring, reporting and verification (“MRV”) of aeroplane operator annual CO₂ emissions

   1. CHAPTER 1 General

      1. 21. Applicability of MRV requirements

   2. CHAPTER 2 Monitoring of aeroplane operator annual CO₂ emissions

      1. 22. Monitoring of CO2 emissions: Eligibility of monitoring methods

      2. 23. Emissions Monitoring Plan

      3. 24. Issue of Emissions Monitoring Plans

      4. 25. Refusal of application for Emissions Monitoring Plans

      5. 26. Modification of the Emissions Monitoring Plan

      6. 27. Approval of modification of the Emissions Monitoring Plan

      7. 28. Calculation of CO2 emissions from aeroplane fuel use

      8. 29. Monitoring of CORSIA eligible fuels claims

      9. 30. Calculation of emissions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuels

   3. CHAPTER 3 Reporting of aeroplane operator annual CO₂ emissions

      1. 31. Aeroplane operator reporting

      2. 32. Reporting of CORSIA eligible fuels

      3. 33. Reporting to ICAO

   4. CHAPTER 4 Verification of CO₂ emissions

      1. 34. Verification body and national accreditation body

      2. 35. Annual verification of an aeroplane operator’s Emissions Report

      3. 36. Verification of sustainable aviation fuels

   5. CHAPTER 5 Data management and control

      1. 37. Data gaps

      2. 38. Error correction to Emissions Reports

      3. 39. Reporting on improvements to the monitoring methodology

      4. 40. Rounding of data

      5. 41. Electronic data exchange and use of automated systems

5. PART 3A CO2 offsetting requirements from international flights and emissions reductions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuels

   1. CHAPTER 1 Offsetting

      1. 41A. Applicability of CO2 offsetting requirements

      2. 41B. CO2 offsetting requirements

      3. 41C. Emissions reductions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuels

6. PART 4 Charging

   1. 42. Charges

   2. 43. Approval, publication and revision of charges

   3. 44. Remittance of charges

7. PART 5 Compliance monitoring

   1. 45. Authorised persons

   2. 46. Inspections

   3. 47. Powers of entry, etc.

   4. 48. Warrants

   5. 49. Admissible evidence

   6. 50. Information notices

   7. 51. Legal professional privilege

8. PART 6 Enforcement

   1. 52. Enforcement notices

   2. 53. Penalty notices

   3. 54. Penalty notices: supplementary

   4. 55. Failure to apply or make revised application for approval of Emissions Monitoring Plan

   5. 56. Failure to comply with condition of Emissions Monitoring Plan

   6. 57. Failure to monitor emissions

   7. 58. Failure to report emissions

   8. 59. Failure to keep records

   9. 60. Failure to comply with enforcement notice given by a Regulator

   10. 61. Failure to comply with information notice

   11. 62. Providing false or misleading information, etc.

   12. 63. Inspection: refusal to allow access to premises

9. PART 7 Appeals

   1. 64. Interpretation

   2. 65. Right of appeal

   3. 66. Appeal body

   4. 67. Effect of appeals

   5. 68. Determination of appeals

   6. 69. Procedure for appeals

10. PART 8 Schedules and consequential amendments

    1. CHAPTER 1 Schedules

       1. 70. Schedules

    2. CHAPTER 2 Consequential amendments

       1. 71. Revocation of retained EU law

11. Signature

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Administrative procedures

       1. 1. Compliance periods and timeline

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Fuel use monitoring methods

       1. 1. Introduction

       2. 2. Fuel Use Monitoring Methods

       3. 3. Method A

       4. 4. Method B

       5. 5. Block-off/Block-on

       6. 6. Fuel Uplift

       7. 7. Fuel Allocation with Block Hour

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       CO₂ emissions estimation and reporting methods and tools

       1. 1. Introduction to the ICAO CORSIA CO₂ Estimation and Reporting Tool (CERT)

       2. 2. Use of the CERT for complying with monitoring and reporting requirements

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Emissions monitoring plans

       1. 1. Content of Emissions Monitoring Plans

       2. 2. Aeroplane operator identification

       3. 3. Fleet and operations data

       4. 4. Methods and means of calculating emissions from international flights

       5. 5. Data management, data flow and control

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Reporting

       1. 1. Introduction

       2. 2. Content of Emissions Report from aeroplane operator to the Regulator

       3. 3. Content of reports from the Secretary of State to ICAO

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Verification

       1. 1. Introduction

       2. 2. Verification body

       3. 3. Verification of Emissions Report

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Appeals to Scottish Land Court

       1. 1. (1) A person who wishes to appeal under article 65...

       2. 2. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the appropriate form must be...

       3. 3. (1) The Scottish Land Court may determine an appeal, or...

       4. 4. (1) The Regulator must, within 16 days of receipt of...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       Appeals to Planning Appeals Commission (Northern Ireland)

       1. 1. (1) A person who wishes to appeal under article 65...

       2. 2. A notice of appeal under paragraph 1 must be given...

       3. 3. (1) An appellant may withdraw an appeal by giving notice...

       4. 4. (1) The Planning Appeals Commission must determine the appeal; and...

13. Explanatory Note