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20.—[F1(1) The number of allowances created in a scheme year may not exceed F2...—
(a)the base for the scheme year multiplied by—
(i)if the scheme year is in the 2021-2025 allocation period, the 2021-2025 hospital and small emitter reduction factor;
(ii)if the scheme year is in the 2026-2030 allocation period, the 2026-2030 hospital and small emitter reduction factor; F3...
F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
[F5(2) But the restriction in paragraph (1) does not apply to the creation of allowances—
(a)for the flexible reserve (see article 23A);
(b)for the new entrants’ reserve (see article 34G);
(c)for allocation under the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021 or any other regulations made under section 96 of the Finance Act 2020.]
(3) [F6Nothing in this article overrides] article 19.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 11(2)
F2Words in art. 20(1) omitted (19.12.2024) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(1)(c), 7(2)(a)
F3Word in art. 20(1)(a)(ii) omitted (19.12.2024) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(1)(c), 7(2)(b)
F4Art. 20(1)(b) omitted (19.12.2024) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(1)(c), 7(2)(c)
F5Art. 20(2) substituted (19.12.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(1)(c), 7(3)
F6Words in art. 20(3) substituted (19.12.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(1)(c), 7(4)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 20 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)
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