Insertion of regulation 84AI125

After regulation 84, insert—

Duty of Secretary of State to publish information84A

1

By 31st March each year, the Secretary of State must publish the total amount of compensation that has been provided in the previous scheme year for the purposes of the first subparagraph of Article 10a(6) M1 of the Directive.

2

The Secretary of State must publish that information in a form that is easily accessible to the public.

3

Where the compensation provided in a particular scheme year exceeds an amount that is more than 25% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances in that year, the Secretary of State must set out in a report the reasons for exceeding that amount.