11. Section 41A of the Environment Act 1995(1) is amended as follows—
(a)in subsection (1)(b)(i), for “a trading scheme registry” substitute “the Kyoto Protocol Registry”;
(b)in subsection (6)(a), for “a trading scheme registry” substitute “the Kyoto Protocol Registry”;
(c)in subsection (7), for the definition of “trading scheme registry” substitute—
““the Kyoto Protocol Registry” means the registry administered on behalf of the United Kingdom for the purposes of its obligations as a party to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”.
12.—(1) The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012(2), in so far as they continue to apply in relation to the UK Registry(3), are revoked.
(2) In this regulation, “the UK Registry” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012.
1995 c. 25. Section 41A was inserted by S.I. 2005/925, Schedule 6, paragraph 1(1) and (2). Section 41A was amended by S.I. 2012/2788, regulation 5; S.I. 2013/1821, article 17; S.I. 2013/3135, regulation 13; S.I. 2019/458, regulation 3(4).
S.I. 2012/3038, amended by S.I. 2013/3135, S.I. 2019/1440 and S.I.2020/1369. There are other amendments that are not relevant.
S.I. 2020/1369 (the “2020 Regulations”) limited the application of S.I. 2012/2038 (the “2012 Regulations”), but regulation 46(1)(b) of the 2020 Regulations provided that the 2020 Regulations did not limit the application of the 2012 Regulations so far as the 2012 Regulations related to the UK Registry.