[F1 SCHEDULE 5A U.K. Registry

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 37

PART 2 U.K. Establishment and operation of registry

Suspension of registry for technical reasons U.K.

8.— (1) The UK ETS authority may suspend access to the registry for technical reasons.

(2) Where the suspension is unscheduled (for example, because a technical issue needs to be addressed immediately), the UK ETS authority must inform each regulator and the registry administrator as soon as reasonably practicable after the suspension takes effect.

(3) Where the suspension is scheduled, the UK ETS authority must inform each regulator and the registry administrator as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event at least 2 working days before the suspension takes effect.

(4) Where, after a suspension, the UK ETS authority considers that the reason for the suspension no longer exists, the UK ETS authority must as soon as reasonably practicable—

(a) lift the suspension;

(b) inform each regulator and the registry administrator that the suspension has been lifted.]