The Carbon Accounting (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/3146
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Carbon Accounting (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st January 2010.

Section 2 Amendment of the Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009

(1) The following amendments are made to regulation 6 (crediting and debiting of carbon units as a result of the operation of the EU ETS during the 2008-2012 budgetary period) of the Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009 .

(2) In paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) for “245,991,207” substitute “the annual allocation”.

(3) After paragraph (6) insert—

(7) For the purposes of regulation 6 “the annual allocation” means—

(a) 245,991,207 carbon units in respect of 2008;

(b) 245,294,083 carbon units in respect of 2009 and 2010;

(c) 245,294,084 carbon units in respect of 2011 and 2012.