Hospital or small emitter status: former ultra-small emittersU.K.
4.—(1) This paragraph applies to an installation if—
(a)the installation is included in—
(i)the ultra-small emitter list for 2021-2025; or
(ii)the ultra-small emitter list for 2026-2030;
(b)the regulator gives notice to the operator of the installation under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8 stating that the installation will not be an ultra-small emitter for a scheme year (the “relevant scheme year”); and
(c)the regulator gives notice to the operator under paragraph 7(5)(b) of that Schedule that the regulator considers that the installation is not an ineligible installation.
(2) Subject to paragraph 3(3), an installation to which this paragraph applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) is a hospital or small emitter for the relevant scheme year and for subsequent scheme years in the 2021-2025 allocation period.
(3) Subject to paragraph 3(6), an installation to which this paragraph applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) is a hospital or small emitter for the relevant scheme year and for subsequent scheme years in the 2026-2030 allocation period.
(4) For the purpose of this paragraph, an installation is an ineligible installation if—
(a)where the activity referred to in column 1 of the first entry in table C in Schedule 2 (combustion of fuels) is carried out at the installation, the installation's rated thermal input is 35 megawatts or above—
(i)where the installation is included in the ultra-small emitter list for 2021-2025, in any of the scheme years (within the meaning of GGETSR 2012) beginning on 1st January 2016, 2017 or 2018;
(ii)where the installation is included in the ultra-small emitter list for 2026-2030, in any of the 2021, 2022 or 2023 scheme years; and
(b)the installation is not an installation that primarily provided services to a hospital in the scheme year preceding the scheme year in which the notice under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8 is given.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)