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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Nitrous Oxide) Regulations 2011, and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations,  “the 2005 Regulations” means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005 .
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(1) For the purposes of the 2005 Regulations, the document entitled  “EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Approved Phase II National Allocation Plan 2008-2012”, as amended and published by the Secretary of State on the day on which these Regulations are made, is specified as the approved national allocation plan for the five year period beginning on 1st January 2008.
(2) Regulation 2 of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2007  is revoked.
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Except in relation to the allocation of allowances in respect of emissions of nitrous oxide from an installation for the production of nitric acid, any reference in the 2005 Regulations to the date on which the approved NAP regulations in relation to the second scheme phase enter into force continues to be a reference to 1st May 2007 .
Greg Barker
Minister of State
Department of Energy and Climate Change
