45.—(1) An authority or the Secretary of State may, by notice served on a regulator (“R”), require R to furnish such information about the discharge of R's functions as the authority or the Secretary of State may require.
(2) For the purposes mentioned in paragraph (4), an authority, the Secretary of State, the registry administrator, the KP registry administrator or a regulator (a “relevant body”) may, by notice served on any person, require that person (“P”) to furnish such information as is specified in the notice, in such form and within such period following service of the notice or at such time as is so specified.
(3) The information which P may be required to furnish by a notice under paragraph (2) includes information, which, although it is not in P's possession or would not otherwise come into P's possession, is information which it is reasonable to require P to compile for the purpose of complying with the notice.
(4) The purposes referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(a)the discharge of the relevant body's functions; and
(b)applying, seeking to apply, or assessing whether to seek to apply emission allowance trading to activities or greenhouse gases which are not listed in Annex 1 to the Directive, in accordance with Article 24 of the Directive.
(5) Where the Secretary of State is entitled to serve a notice on a person under paragraph (2)—
(a)in relation to EnglandF1..., the regulator, and
(b)in relation to [F2Wales,] Scotland and Northern Ireland, the regulator or the Environment Agency,
may serve that notice for the purpose of assisting the Secretary of State.
(6) In this regulation, “functions” means functions under or by virtue of—
(a)these Regulations;
(b)the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation;
(c)the Verification Regulation;
(d)the Registries Regulation 2010; or
(e)the Registries Regulation [F32013].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 45(5)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 422(2) (with Sch. 7)
F2Word in reg. 45(5)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 422(3) (with Sch. 7)
F3Word in reg. 45(6)(e) substituted (31.1.2014) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme and National Emissions Inventory (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3135), regs. 1, 5(4)