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Carbon Accounting (Wales) Regulations 2018 (W.S.I. No. 1301 (W. 255) of 2018).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen.
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Pollution control Climate change Emissions Emissions trading
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations make provision about carbon accounting and carbon units for the purposes of calculating the net Welsh emissions account under Part 2 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, which requires the Welsh Ministers to meet targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases from Wales. The Regulations define which carbon units may be included in the net Welsh emissions account and set out how carbon units may be credited to the net Welsh emissions account. They also enable the Welsh Ministers to open “the Welsh credit account” and provide that any carbon unit that is to be credited to the net Welsh emissions account must be held in that account. The Welsh Ministers shall maintain a register containing details of the carbon units credited to and debited from the net Welsh emissions account and the details of carbon units cancelled.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (2016 anaw 3).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2016

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment, Framework law, Institution, Ecosystem preservation, Environmental planning, Climate change, Coastal zone management, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning, Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Crustaceans, Aquatic animals, Soil pollution/quality, Waste management, Waste disposal, Freshwater resources management, Sustainable development, Flood, Hazards, Sewerage, Biodiversity, Protection of habitats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX