PART 2Implementation of withdrawal agreement in relation to electricity generation in Northern Ireland from 2021

Article 27 installations40

In Schedule 5—

a

in paragraph 1, omit sub-paragraphs (1) to (3);

b

in paragraph 3—

i

in sub-paragraph (2), omit “section 40 of the Environment Act 1985, article 11 of the NRBW Order or”29,

ii

omit sub-paragraph (3)(c),

iii

in sub-paragraph (4), omit “that is granted in respect of an installation which does not primarily provide services to a hospital”,

iv

omit sub-paragraph (5),

v

in sub-paragraph (6) for “sub-paragraphs (4) and (5)” substitute “sub-paragraph (4)”,

vi

omit sub-paragraph (9),

vii

in sub-paragraph (11) omit “section 40 of the Environment Act 1995, article 11 of the NRBW Order or”30;

c

omit paragraph 4;

d

in paragraph 6—

i

omit sub-paragraph (3)(d),

ii

for sub-paragraph (7)31, substitute—

7

However, the increase in an emissions target under sub-paragraph (4) or (6) may not result in an emissions target which exceeds the maximum amount.

iii

in sub-paragraph (8), omit “section 40 of the Environment Act 1995, article 11 of the NRBW Order or”32,

iv

in sub-paragraph (9)(a) for “a sub-installation’s” substitute “an installation’s”,

v

to the extent that sub-paragraph 9(b) to (d) has been substituted by regulation 29(8)(i) of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 201933, those substituted provisions cease to have effect (but to the extent that those provisions are to be substituted from 1st January 2021 by that regulation, those amendments are to have effect);

e

in paragraph 7—

i

in sub-paragraph (1), omit “Subject to sub-paragraph (2),”,

ii

omit sub-paragraphs (2) and (3),

iii

in sub-paragraph (5), omit “Except where the excluded installation primarily provides services to a hospital,”;

f

in paragraph 8—

i

for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

1

Where the regulator is satisfied that the annual reportable emissions from an Article 27 installation have exceeded the maximum amount, the regulator must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give a notice to the operator.

ii

in sub-paragraph (9) for “2013” substitute “2019”34,

iii

in sub-paragraph (10) for “2013” substitute “2019”.