The Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
3Carbon units
4Duty to request the opening of a credit account
5Power to credit carbon units to the net UK carbon account
6Crediting and debiting of carbon units as a result of the operation of the EU ETS during the 2008–2012 budgetary period
7Debiting to reflect the disposal of carbon units during the 2008–2012 budgetary period
8Duty to cancel carbon units at the end of the 2008–2012 budgetary period
9Duty to maintain a register of transactions

2009 No. 1257

Climate Change

The Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009

Made

Coming into force

A draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, in accordance with sections 28(2)(a) and 91(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (“the Act”)1.

Before the draft was so laid, the Secretary of State—

a

consulted the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, in accordance with section 28(4)(a) of the Act2; and

b

obtained and took into account the advice of the Committee on Climate Change, in accordance with section 28(5)(a) of the Act.

Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26(1) and (2), 27 and 90(3) of the Act, makes the following Regulations: