PART 4  Consequential amendments  Amendment to the Environment Act 1995  Partial revocation of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012  EXPLANATORY NOTE  (This note is not part of the Regulations)  ( a ) 1995 c. 25. Section 41A was inserted by S.I. 2005/925, Schedule 6, paragraph 1(1) and (2). Section 41A was amended by  S.I. 2012/2788, regulation 5; S.I. 2013/1821, article 17; S.I. 2013/3135, regulation 13; S.I. 2019/458, regulation 3(4).  ( b ) S.I. 2012/3038, amended by S.I. 2013/3135, S.I. 2019/1440 and S.I.2020/1369. There are other amendments that are not  relevant.  ( c )  S.I. 2020/1369 (the “2020 Regulations”) limited the application of S.I. 2012/2038 (the “2012 Regulations”), but regulation  46(1)(b) of the 2020 Regulations provided that the 2020 Regulations did not limit the application of the 2012 Regulations so  far as the 2012 Regulations related to the UK Registry.  17 An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact  on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.  These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of international climate change  commitments. Part 2 amends the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and  National Emissions Inventory Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2903), which relate to projects for  reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations  Framework Convention on Climate Change. Part 3 amends Commission Regulation (EU) No  389/2013, which relates to maintaining a registry for the purposes of greenhouse gas emissions  obligations under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate  Change. Part 4 makes consequential amendments.  These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of  Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of  retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a),  (b), (c), (d) and (g)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European  Union).  Anne-Marie Trevelyan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy  27th April 2021  (2) In this regulation, “the UK Registry” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012.  ““the Kyoto Protocol Registry” means the registry administered on behalf of the United  Kingdom for the purposes of its obligations as a party to the Kyoto Protocol to the  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”.  11.  Section 41A of the Environment Act 1995( a ) is amended as follows—  (a) in subsection (1)(b)(i), for “a trading scheme registry” substitute “the Kyoto Protocol  Registry”;  (b) in subsection (6)(a), for “a trading scheme registry” substitute “the Kyoto Protocol  Registry”;  (c) in subsection (7), for the definition of “trading scheme registry” substitute—  12. —(1) The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012( b ), in so far as they  continue to apply in relation to the UK Registry( c ), are revoked. 