Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Carbon Pricing (Measurement, Reporting and Verification) Regulations 2018
Regulation 5
Submission of monitoring plans
Subregulation 1
A registered person must submit every monitoring plan for a business facility that is a taxable facility of the registered person, and its supporting documents, to the Agency for the Agency’s approval in the following manner:
through the EDMA system, or in any other manner that the Agency may allow in any particular case;
by the applicable time in paragraph (2) or (4).
Subregulation 2
Where the submission is of a monitoring plan and its supporting documents, neither of which has been revised under regulation 7, the applicable time is —
in the case of a business facility that was registered pursuant to section 8(1)(a)(i) of the Act, not later than 31 December of the year immediately following the trigger year in which the reckonable GHG emissions of the business facility attain the second emissions threshold (or higher); and
in the case of a business facility that was registered pursuant to section 8(1)(a)(ii)(B) or (C) of the Act, within 6 months after the time by which the business facility was required to be registered under section 8(1)(a)(ii)(B) or (C) of the Act, whichever is applicable.
Subregulation 3
To avoid doubt, where the circumstances described in subsection (5A) of section 13 of the Act apply, Y mentioned in that subsection is treated as if it has complied with paragraph (1) read with paragraph (2)(b) in relation to the business facility that is a taxable facility of Y mentioned in that subsection.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraph (5), where the submission is of a monitoring plan and its supporting documents, either or both of which are being revised under regulation 7, the applicable time is —
if the revision was for a change other than a significant change (as defined in regulation 7(4)), not later than 31 January of the year immediately after the year in which the change occurred; and
if the revision was for such significant change, within 30 days after the change occurred.
Subregulation 5
Where the submission is of a monitoring plan and its supporting documents, either or both of which are being revised for the purposes of regulation 7(2), the applicable time is within 30 days after the expiry of the period mentioned in section 8(1)(a)(ii)(C) of the Act.