SCHEDULE 7Hospitals and small emitters
PART 2Hospital or small emitter status
Obtaining hospital or small emitter status for F12026-2030 period
5.
(1)
The operator of an installation who wishes to apply for the installation to be a hospital or small emitter for the scheme years in the F12026-2030 period must submit the following to the regulator—
(a)
details of the installation, including details of any permit in force;
(b)
evidence that the installation meets condition A, B or C (see paragraph 6);
(c)
where the operator submits evidence that the installation meets condition A, the evidence and any estimate required by paragraph 6(3);
(d)
where the operator submits evidence that the installation meets condition C, any estimate required by paragraph 6(6).
(2)
An application—
(a)
may not be made before 1st April F22025;
(b)
must be made on or before 30th June F22025.
(3)
After receiving an application, the regulator must on or before F331st August 2025—
(a)
make a preliminary assessment of whether or not the installation meets condition A, B or C; and
(b)
send the preliminary assessment and the reasons for it to the UK ETS authority.
(4)
After receiving the preliminary assessment—
(a)
the UK ETS authority must make a final assessment of whether or not the installation meets condition A, B or C; and
(b)
if the UK ETS authority considers that the installation meets condition A, B or C, the UK ETS authority must include the installation in a list (the “hospital and small emitter list for 2026-2030”).
(5)
The UK ETS authority must publish the hospital and small emitter list for 2026-2030 on or before F417th October.
(6)
Evidence of an installation's historic reportable emissions may not be taken into account for the purposes of assessing whether or not an installation meets condition B or C unless the evidence is—
(a)
verified F5as satisfactory in accordance with the Verification Regulation 2018; or
(b)
where relevant, set out in an emissions report accompanied by the declaration referred to in paragraph 11(2)(b)(ii).
(7)
An application may not be made under this paragraph and paragraph 3 of Schedule 8.