The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 No. 1557

PART 2 U.K. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 amended

Article 8A inserted U.K.

7.  After article 8 insert—

“Meaning of registry administrator

8A.— (1) A reference in this Order to the “registry administrator” is a reference to—

(a) the chief inspector;

(b) the Environment Agency M1 ;

(c) NRW M2 ;

(d) the Secretary of State; and

(e) SEPA M3 .

(2) Functions conferred or imposed by this Order on the “registry administrator” may be exercised—

(a) by all of the persons referred to in paragraph (1) jointly; or

(b) by one of the persons referred to in paragraph (1) (or by more than one of the persons referred to in paragraph (1) jointly) on behalf of the other persons referred to in paragraph (1) with their agreement.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 7 in force at 31.12.2020, see art. 2(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 The Environment Agency was established by section 1 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).

M2 “NRW” is defined in article 4(1) of S.I. 2020/1265 as the “Natural Resources Body for Wales”, which was established by article 3 of S.I. 2012/1903 (W.230).

M3 “SEPA” is defined in article 4(1) of S.I. 2020/1265 as the “Scottish Environment Protection Agency”, which was established by section 20 of the Environment Act 1995.