Obtaining hospital or small emitter status for 2026-2030 allocation periodU.K.
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 2026-2030 allocation 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 [F12025];
(b)must be made on or before 30th June [F12025].
(3) After receiving an application, the regulator must on or before [F231st 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 [F317th 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 [F4as 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 7 para. 5(2) substituted (31.3.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/192), arts. 2, 8(2)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(3) substituted (31.3.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/192), arts. 2, 8(2)(b)
F3Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(5) substituted (31.3.2024) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/192), arts. 2, 8(2)(c)
F4Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(6)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), arts. 2(1), 39(2)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 12.11.2020, see art. 2(1)