The Air Navigation (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) (Amendment) Order 2022

Amendment of article 4

6.—(1) Article 4 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit the entries for “ACARS”, “Administrative partnership”, “AFBO” and “Pathway”.

(3) In the entries for “ISO 14064-3:2006”, “ISO 14065:2013”, “ISO 14066:2011” and “ISO/IEC 17011:2004” for each of the final full stops substitute commas.

(4) After the entry for “state pair”, insert—

““Sustainability Certification Scheme” means a scheme for the certification of sustainable fuels that has been approved by ICAO in ICAO document “CORSIA Approved Sustainability Certification Scheme”(1),”.

(5) “For the entries for “Verification of report”, “Verification body”, “Verification team” and “Verification report” substitute—

““Verification body” means a person that performs the verification of an Emissions Report, as an accredited independent third party,

“Verification of report” means an independent, systematic and sufficiently documented evaluation process of an Emissions Report,

“Verification Report” means a document, drafted by the verification body, containing the verification statement and required supporting information set out in paragraph 3(22) to (26) of Schedule 6 and required supporting information, and

“Verification team” means a group of verifiers, or a single verifier that also qualifies as a team leader, belonging to a verification body conducting the verification of an Emissions Report, whether or not supported by technical experts.”.

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ICAO document “CORSIA Approved Sustainability Certification Scheme” is available from the ICAO website at www.icao.int. For a hard copy contact the ICAO E-Commerce and Publications Sales Unit at International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), 999 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada (telephone [phone] and e-mail [e-mail]).