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2023 No. 994 Climate Change The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Made 12th September 2023 Laid before the House of Commons 13th September 2023 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3) The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 96 of the Finance Act 2020.
Propose a change(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning (Amendment) Regulations 2023. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on the 21st day after the day on which they are laid before the House of Commons. (3) Regulation 4(3) comes into force on 1st January 2024. (4) These Regulations extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
Propose a changeThe Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021 are amended as follows.
Propose a change(1) Regulation 9 is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph (1)— (a) in the opening words after “+ BF)” insert “+ T”; (b) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute— (a) AC for the calendar year is the base for that year determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(a) multiplied by— (i) in the case of a calendar year up to and including 2025, the 2021-2025 hospital and small emitter reduction factor calculated in accordance with article 21(2) of the Trading Scheme Order; (ii) in the case of a calendar year from 2026 up to and including 2030, the 2026-2030 hospital and small emitter reduction factor calculated in accordance with article 21(3) of the Trading Scheme Order; ; (c) in sub-paragraph (b) before ““AFA”” insert “in relation to a calendar year corresponding to a scheme year in the 2021-2025 allocation period,”; (d) after sub-paragraph (b) insert— (ba) in relation to any other calendar year, AFA is zero; ; (e) for sub-paragraphs (c) to (e) substitute— (c) IC for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(b); (d) RFS for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(c); (e) NER for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(d); ; (f) after sub-paragraph (f) insert— (g) T for the calendar year is the number of allowances determined in accordance with paragraph (10)(e). . (3) In paragraph (9) in the table omit the 5 rows whose first entries are “2026”, “2027”, “2028”, “2029” and “2030”. (4) For paragraph (10) substitute— (10) For the purposes of paragraph (1), for a calendar year referred to in column 1 of the following table— (a) the base is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 2; (b) IC is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 3; (c) RFS is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 4; (d) NER is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 5; (e) T is the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 6. Column 1 Calendar or scheme year | Column 2 Base | Column 3 IC | Column 4 RFS | Column 5 NER | Column 6 T 2021 | 155,671,581 | 57,856,572 | 4,098,497 | 3,024,907 | 0 2022 | 151,437,134 | 56,273,432 | 4,098,497 | 3,024,907 | 0 2023 | 147,202,686 | 54,690,292 | 4,098,497 | 3,024,907 | 0 2024 | 92,062,882 | 36,825,153 | 2,255,107 | 1,664,388 | 23,316,495 2025 | 86,742,014 | 34,696,806 | 2,255,107 | 1,664,387 | 13,323,712 2026 | 79,059,690 | 31,623,876 | 2,255,107 | 1,664,387 | 9,992,784 2027 | 70,127,996 | 28,051,198 | 2,255,107 | 1,664,387 | 6,661,856 2028 | 53,498,502 | 21,399,401 | 2,255,106 | 1,664,387 | 0 2029 | 50,918,572 | 20,367,429 | 2,255,106 | 1,664,387 | 0 2030 | 49,320,164 | 19,728,066 | 2,255,106 | 1,664,387 | 0 .
Propose a change(1) Regulation 12 is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph (1)(b)— (a) in paragraph (iv) for “if the industry cap for a scheme year (determined in accordance with Article 16a(6)(a) of the Free Allocation Regulation)” substitute “if, for a scheme year referred to in column 1 of the table in regulation 9(10), the number of allowances set out in the corresponding entry in column 3”; (b) in paragraph (v) for “40,984,970 allowances (the flexible share)” substitute “28,081,237 allowances”. (3) After paragraph (1C) insert— (1D) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(iv)— (a) the references in paragraphs (1A) and (1B) to the final annual number of allowances approved under Article 16b of the Free Allocation Regulation must be read as including, in relation to allowances to be allocated for the 2024 and 2025 scheme years, a reference to any increase added to the amount included in column A of the allocation table under article 34B(3A) of the Trading Scheme Order (free allocation for 2024 and 2025 scheme years: lime and malt extract); (b) the reference in paragraph (1B) to an error in an application for free allocation under the Free Allocation Regulation must be read as including a reference to an error in any information provided under article 20(4) of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2023; (c) the reference in paragraph (1B) to the exercise of functions under the Free Allocation Regulation must be read as including a reference to the exercise of functions under article 20 of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2023. .
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