In these Regulations—

• “additional daily penalty” has the meaning given by regulation 21(1)(b);

• “address” means, in relation to electronic communications, any number or address used for the purpose of such communication;

• “affected party” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 2;

• “aircraft operator” has the meaning given by regulation 3;

• “allowance” means an allowance issued to aircraft operators under Article 3e of the EU ETS Directive;

• “appeal body” has the meaning given by regulation 36(6);

• “area”, in relation to a regulator, means—

  1. a

     in respect of the Environment Agency, England and Wales;

  2. b

     in respect of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scotland;

  3. c

     in respect of the chief inspector, Northern Ireland;

• “authority” has the meaning given by regulation 7;

• “aviation activity” means the category of aviation activity listed in Annex I to the EU ETS Directive but with the reference to 1st January 2012 omitted;

• “aviation emissions” means emissions from an aviation activity;

• “benchmarking plan” means a plan issued under regulation 10(1)(a);

• “chief inspector” means the chief inspector constituted under regulation 8(3) of the Northern Ireland Regulations;

• “Commission list” means the list of operators specified in Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 on the list of aircraft operators which performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC on or after 1 January 2006 specifying the administering Member State for each aircraft operator M1, as amended from time to time;

• “electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 M2;

• “emissions” means the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere;

• “emissions plan” means a plan issued under regulation 15;

• “EU ETS Directive” means Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/ECM3, as amended from time to time;

• “greenhouse gases” has the meaning given by Article 3(c) of the EU ETS Directive;

• “independent verifier” means a person or body accredited or endorsed by UKAS to carry out the verification requirements of Article 15 of the EU ETS Directive;

• “interested party” has the meaning given by paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 2;

• “Monitoring and Reporting Decision” means Commission Decision 2007/589/EC establishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M4, as amended from time to time;

• “Northern Ireland Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M5;

• “Planning Appeals Commission” means the Planning Appeals Commission established under Article 110 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 M6;

• “registered office” means the address that is required under section 86 of the Companies Act 2006 M7;

• “regulator” has the meaning given by regulations 4, 5 and 6;

• “tonne-kilometre data” has the meaning given by Part B of Annex IV to the EU ETS Directive;

• “trading period” means one of the following periods—

  1. a

     2012;

  2. b

     2013 to 2020; or

  3. c

     subsequent periods of eight calendar years;

• “UK operator” means a person who is—

  1. a

     identified in the Commission list; and

  2. b

     specified in that list as an operator to be administered by the United Kingdom;

• “UKAS” means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service M8.