The Carbon Accounting (Provision for 2020) Regulations 2022
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2022/62 |
| Year | 2022 |
2022 No. 62
Climate Change
The Carbon Accounting (Provision for 2020) Regulations 2022
Made 24th January 2022
Laid before Parliament 25th January 2022
Coming into force 15th February 2022
Before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, in accordance with section 28(4)(b) of the Climate Change Act 20081.
Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27(3) and (4) and 90(3)(a) and (b) of the Climate Change Act 2008, makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Carbon Accounting (Provision for 2020) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 15th February 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2009 Regulations” means the Carbon Accounting Regulations 20092;
“aerodrome” has the same meaning as in article 4(4) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (2020 Target, Credit Limit and Definitions) Order 20093;
“the domestic aviation cap” means the figure produced as a result of carrying out the calculation set out in paragraph 2 of the Schedule;
“domestic aviation emissions” means the emissions of carbon dioxide arising from any aircraft during taking off, flying and landing when the aerodrome from which the aircraft takes off and the aerodrome at which the aircraft next lands are both located in the United Kingdom.
(2) In calculating domestic aviation emissions and the domestic aviation cap, the Secretary of State must use such data about aviation emissions as appear to the Secretary of State to be the best available data.
Crediting and debiting of carbon units as a result of the operation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in respect of installations during 2020
3. If, in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 20124, the amount of carbon units surrendered by operators of installations5in the United Kingdom in respect of 2020 was—
(a) greater than 104,023,383, an amount of carbon units equal to the difference is to be credited to the net UK carbon account in respect of 2020;
(b) less than 104,023,383, an amount of carbon units equal to the difference is to be debited from the net UK carbon account in respect of 2020.
Crediting and debiting of carbon units to take into account domestic aviation emissions during 2020
4. If domestic aviation emissions in 2020 were—
(a) greater than the domestic aviation cap, an amount of carbon units equal to the difference is to be credited to the net UK carbon account in respect of 2020;
(b) less than the domestic aviation cap, an amount of carbon units equal to the difference is to be debited from the net UK carbon account in respect of 2020.
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