29. Allowances auctioned by the auction platform must be transferred by the registry administrator prior to the opening of a bidding window, into a nominated holding account, to be held in escrow by the clearing system or settlement system acting as custodian, until delivery of the allowances to successful bidders or their successors in title, pursuant to the results of the auction, as provided for in the Trading Scheme Order.
30.—(1) The clearing system or settlement system must allocate each allowance auctioned to a successful bidder or its successor in title, until the total volume allocated matches the volume of allowances notified to the bidder pursuant to regulation 44(5)(a).
(2) Upon payment of the sum due, pursuant to regulation 27(1), each successful bidder or its successor in title must be delivered the allowances allocated to that bidder, as soon as practicable and in any event no later than the deadline for their delivery by transferring the allowances notified to the bidder pursuant to regulation 44(5)(a) from a nominated holding account held in escrow by the clearing system or settlement system acting as custodian, in whole or in part into one or more nominated holding accounts held by the successful bidder or by its successor in title, or into a nominated holding account held in escrow by a clearing system or settlement system acting as custodian for the successful bidder or its successor in title.
31.—(1) Where the clearing system or settlement system fails to deliver the whole or part of the auctioned allowances due to circumstances outside its control, the clearing system or settlement system must deliver the allowances at the earliest opportunity and the successful bidders must accept delivery at that later date.
(2) The remedy provided for in paragraph (1) is the sole remedy to which a successful bidder or its successor in title is entitled to in case of any failure to deliver auctioned allowances, due to circumstances outside the control of the clearing system or settlement system concerned.