The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020

[F1 Aviation: entitlement to free allocation in 2021-2025 allocation period U.K.

34K.   A person is only entitled to a free allocation of allowances under this Chapter for scheme years—

(a) in the 2021-2025 allocation period; [F2 and]

(b) in relation to which the person is an aircraft [F3 operator,] [F3 operator; and]

[F4 (c) in relation to allowances allocated for the 2024 or 2025 scheme year, to the extent that the number of allowances does not exceed the person’s aviation emissions for the scheme year,]

and references in this Chapter to a person's “aviation free allocation entitlement” must be construed accordingly.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 18

F2 Word in art. 34K(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 6(2)

F3 Words in art. 34K(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 6(3)

F4 Art. 34K(c) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024 immediately after S.I. 2023/850 comes into force) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1387), arts. 2(1), 6(4)