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- Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(a)(v) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 27(2)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 28(2)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(6A)(6B) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 28(2)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 38(f)-(k) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 29(2)
- Sch. 5 para. 54(b)(iia) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 30(2)
- Sch. 5A para. 9(1)(i) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 31(2)
- Sch. 6 para. 11(4)(b)(iii)(bb) omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(3)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 6 para. 12(5)(b)(iii)(bb) omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(4)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 6 para. 11(4)(b)(iii)(aa) word omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(3)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 6 para. 12(5)(b)(iii)(aa) word omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(4)(a)(ii)
- art. 4(5)(6) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 5(3)
- art. 23A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 9
- art. 34G(1A) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 11(3)
- art. 44A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 15
- art. 47(2)(d) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 16(2)
- art. 47(5A) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 16(3)
- art. 48(3)(d) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 17(2)
- art. 51(2)(c) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 18(2)
- art. 56(3) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 21(3)
- art. 57(4A) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 22(3)
- art. 60A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 24
- art. 65A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 25
- art. 70(2)(ca) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 26(2)
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- Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(a)(v) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 27(2)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 28(2)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(6A)(6B) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 28(2)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 38(f)-(k) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 29(2)
- Sch. 5 para. 54(b)(iia) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 30(2)
- Sch. 5A para. 9(1)(i) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 31(2)
- Sch. 6 para. 11(4)(b)(iii)(bb) omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(3)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 6 para. 12(5)(b)(iii)(bb) omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(4)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 6 para. 11(4)(b)(iii)(aa) word omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(3)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 6 para. 12(5)(b)(iii)(aa) word omitted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 32(4)(a)(ii)
- art. 4(5)(6) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 5(3)
- art. 23A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 9
- art. 34G(1A) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 11(3)
- art. 44A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 15
- art. 47(2)(d) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 16(2)
- art. 47(5A) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 16(3)
- art. 48(3)(d) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 17(2)
- art. 51(2)(c) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 18(2)
- art. 56(3) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 21(3)
- art. 57(4A) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 22(3)
- art. 60A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 24
- art. 65A inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 25
- art. 70(2)(ca) inserted by S.I. 2024/1366 art. 26(2)
[F1Installations: errors in applications for free allocation, etc.U.K.
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34H.—[F2(1) This article applies where the regulator considers that, as a result of a relevant error—
(a)either—
(i)the final annual number of allowances set out in an allocation table to be allocated in respect of an installation for a scheme year; or
(ii)the number of allowances allocated in accordance with an allocation table under article 34E in respect of an installation for a scheme year,
is materially greater, or materially less, than the number that would otherwise have been set out in the table but for the relevant error; or
(b)there has been a failure to include an entry for an installation in an allocation table.]
(2) In this article, “relevant error” means—
(a)an error in an application for free allocation made in respect of an installation under Article 4 or 5 of the Free Allocation Regulation (including a deemed application for free allocation in the 2021-2025 allocation period as defined in Article 2(19) of that Regulation);
(b)an error in an [F3activity level or other report] submitted by the operator of an installation under the Activity Level Changes Regulation;
(c)an error of the regulator or the UK ETS authority in the exercise of functions under this Order (including under this article), the Free Allocation Regulation or the Activity Level Changes Regulation.
(3) The regulator may do any of the following—
(a)determine the historical activity level of a sub-installation of the installation that the regulator considers would have been determined for the purposes of the UK ETS but for the relevant error;
(b)calculate the preliminary annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of a sub-installation of the installation for the scheme year that the regulator considers would have been calculated for the purposes of the UK ETS but for the relevant error;
(c)calculate the final annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of a sub-installation of the installation for the scheme year that the regulator considers would have been calculated for the purposes of the UK ETS but for the relevant error.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the regulator may make a conservative estimate of the value of any relevant parameter; and if the regulator does so, the regulator must give notice of the value to the operator.
(5) Where the regulator does any of the things referred to in paragraph (3), the regulator must send to the UK ETS authority—
(a)details of the relevant error;
(b)any determination or calculation referred to in paragraph (3);
(c)the regulator's recalculation of the final annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of the installation of which the sub-installation is part for the scheme year, taking account of the determination or calculation referred to in paragraph (3).
(6) If the UK ETS authority considers [F4that there is a relevant error and, as a result of the relevant error, the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) apply in relation to the installation], the UK ETS authority must—
(a)approve the final annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of the installation for the scheme year, making any corrections to the historical activity level, preliminary annual number of allowances or final annual number of allowances determined or calculated by the regulator that the UK ETS authority considers appropriate; and
(b)inform the regulator accordingly.
(7) The regulator must give notice to the operator of the installation—
(a)of the relevant error;
(b)of the final annual number of allowances approved;
(c)where the relevant error was the error of including an entry for the installation in an allocation table for an allocation period, that the installation is not an FA installation for the allocation period.
(8) In this article, “historical activity level” and “sub-installation” have the same meanings as in the Free Allocation Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 18
F2Art. 34H(1) substituted (7.2.2022) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1455), arts. 2, 13(2)
F3Words in art. 34H(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2023) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1173), arts. 2, 6(2)
F4Words in art. 34H(6) substituted (7.2.2022) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1455), arts. 2, 13(3)
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