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UK Emissions Trading Scheme: proposed amendments

Proposed amendments to support effective operation of the UK Emission Trading Scheme (UK ETS) by addressing a number of residual technical issues identified during the development and legislation of the scheme.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

Detail

This consultation sets out the UK government and devolved administration proposed technical amendments to the UK ETS legislation, which is accompanied by 2 draft Statutory Instruments.

This consultation is of particular interest to:

individual companies
representatives of industrial, power and aviation sectors with obligations under the UK ETS
environmental groups

This consultation is not limited to these stakeholders. Any organisation or individual is welcome to respond.

See the BEIS consultation privacy notice.

Please do not send responses by post to the department at the moment as we may not be able to access them.

Documents

Consultation on proposed amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020application/pdf Draft statutory instrument: The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021application/pdf Draft statutory instrument: The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021application/pdf Proposed amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020: government responseapplication/pdf