The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 No. 3038

PART 7 U.K. Civil Penalties

Failure to notify the regulator if an emissions plan is not applied for U.K.

61.—(1)  [F1 Subject to paragraph (3), a UK administered operator] (“A”) is liable to the civil penalty in paragraph (2) where A fails to comply with the requirements of regulation 33(1) [F2 or regulation 33A(1)].

(2) The civil penalty is £5,000.

[F3 (3) A is not liable to a civil penalty for a failure to comply with regulation 33(1), where the duty under that regulation arose before 1st January 2015 and, at the time the duty arose—

(a) A carried out only excluded aviation activities; or

(b) A was an exempt non-commercial air transport operator.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 61(1) substituted (22.12.2014) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3125), regs. 1(1), 16(2)

F2 Words in reg. 61(1) inserted (22.12.2014) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3125), regs. 1(1), 16(2)

F3 Reg. 61(3) inserted (22.12.2014) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3125), regs. 1(1), 16(3)