The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005 (revoked)

15.  For the purposes of this Schedule—

“annual specified emissions” means the annual reportable emissions from the installation in the scheme year which ended in the financial year prior to the financial year to which the charge relates;

“estimated 2005 emissions” means a reasonable estimate, in the opinion of the regulator, of the reportable emissions likely to be emitted from the installation in the calendar year 2005;

“estimated annual specified emissions” means, in relation to a financial year in which paragraph 9 applies in relation to the installation and the following financial year, a reasonable estimate, in the opinion of the regulator of the reportable emissions likely to be emitted from the installation in the year beginning on the date on which the permit is granted, the installation ceases to be an excluded installation or the planned installation is put into operation;

“financial year” means a year beginning on 1^st April and ending on 31^st March;

“planned installation” means an installation in respect of which an operator has notified the regulator under regulation 13(1);

“quarter” means a three month period beginning with 1^st April, 1^st July, 1^st October and 1^st January;

“total number of installations” means the number of installations covered by greenhouse gas emissions permits in the United Kingdom excluding–

(i)

any excluded installations or planned installations;

(ii)

any installation in respect of which a retention notice has been served; and

(iii)

any installations included in the European Commission's provision for temporary exclusion under Article 27(2) of the Directive which have applied for a certificate of temporary exclusion in accordance with regulation 11(1).