The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020

[F1 Return of allowances: aviation U.K.

34T.— (1) This article applies where—

(a) allowances are allocated under article 34O to a person for a scheme year in accordance with the aviation allocation table; and

(b) [F2 any of the following applies] —

(i) the number of allowances set out in the aviation allocation table to be allocated to that person for the scheme year is subsequently reduced in consequence of an update to the aviation allocation table; F3 ...

(ii) the person was not an aircraft operator in relation to the scheme year.

[F4 (iii) in relation to allowances allocated for the 2024 or 2025 scheme year, the number of allowances allocated to the person for the scheme year exceeds the person’s aviation emissions for the scheme year.]

(2) The regulator may give a notice under article 34U or 34V (or both).

(3) For the purposes of this Chapter, the person to whom the allowances are allocated is “not entitled” to any allowances which—

(a) would not have been allocated if the aviation allocation table had been updated before the allocation of allowances referred to in paragraph (1)(a); F5 ...

(b) are allocated for a scheme year in relation to which the person is not an aircraft operator [F6 ; or]

[F7 (c) in relation to allowances allocated for the 2024 or 2025 scheme year, exceed the person’s aviation emissions for the scheme year for which the allowances are allocated.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 18

F2 Words in art. 34T(1)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 8(2)(a) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))

F3 Word in art. 34T(1)(b)(i) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 8(2)(b) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))

F4 Art. 34T(1)(b)(iii) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 8(2)(c) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))

F5 Word in art. 34T(3)(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 8(3)(a) (which affecting provision is extended to N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))

F6 Word in art. 34T(3)(b) inserted (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 8(3)(b) (which affecting provision is extended to E.W.S.N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))

F7 Art. 34T(3)(c) inserted (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 8(3)(c) (which affecting provision is extended to E.W.S.N.I. (1.1.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1366), arts. 2(2)(a), 45(2))