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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of this Act receiving Royal |
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| | | Assent, report to Parliament with proposals on the ways in which the Green |
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| | | Investment Bank could maximise the take up of the Green Deal. |
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| | | (2) | The report required by section (1) shall include an examination of the extent to |
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| | | which action taken by the Green Investment Bank could— |
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| | | (a) | reduce interest rates linked to the repayment of Green Deal loans and the |
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| | | impact this may have on consumer demand; |
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| | | (b) | support the research into and development of technologies which could |
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| | | increase household energy efficiency.’. |
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| | | Display energy certificates for non-residential buildings |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must within 12 months of the passing of this Act, make |
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| | | regulations requiring occupiers and landlords of non-residential buildings to |
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| | | obtain display energy certificates (“DECs”). |
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| | | (2) | The regulations may include provision about enforcement (which may create |
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| | | criminal offences or make provision for civil penalties). |
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| | | (3) | For the purpose of subsection (1) a DEC has the meaning given in Section 17 of |
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| | | the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and |
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| | | Wales) Regulations 2007.’. |
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| | | Adherence to UK standards for oil and gas production and extraction |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Any company registered in the United Kingdom, shall be required to |
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| | | demonstrate that, in undertaking any offshore oil and gas exploration or |
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| | | production activity outside of UK territorial waters, it has met all the conditions |
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| | | and standards which would apply to such activity when undertaken lawfully on |
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| | | the UK continental shelf.’. |
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| | | Report on compensation for petroleum spills |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must publish a report every five years about the |
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| | | arrangements in place in the United Kingdom for petroleum companies to |
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| | | compensate for any damage caused, or loss suffered, as a result of petroleum |
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| | | being accidentally released during the operation of licences under this Act. |
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| | | (2) | The report must, in particular, include— |
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| | | (a) | the amount of insurance coverage that industry members have agreed |
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| | | should be available in the circumstances outlined in subsection (1); |
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| | | (b) | the Secretary of State’s opinion about whether the amounts are adequate |
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| | | to compensate for any damage caused in the circumstances outlined in |
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| | | (c) | the factors that the Secretary of State took into account in reaching the |
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| | | Secretary of State’s opinion under paragraph (b); and |
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| | | (d) | the actions that the Secretary of State intends to take, in the event that the |
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| | | Secretary of State considers the amounts to be inadequate.’. |
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| | | ‘(1) | Any person or persons submitting an oil production emergency plan, as required |
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| | | under the Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002 |
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| | | and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution and Preparedness, Response Co- |
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| | | operation Convention) Regulations 1998 shall at the same time make this plan |
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| | | available for public consultation, and comment. |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State shall, within six months of this Bill receiving Royal |
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| | | Assent, publish regulations detailing the procedure for public consultation and |
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| | | (3) | The Department for Energy and Climate Change shall, upon approval of an Oil |
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| | | Pollution Emergency Plan, publish said plan and any relevant accompanying |
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| | | documents on their website.’. |
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| | | Proposal for modification of approved programme |
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| | | ‘(1) | Section 48 of the Energy Act 2008 (approval of decommissioning programme) is |
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| | | (2) | In paragraph (2)(c) leave out “(provided that the site operator consents to the |
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| | | (3) | In subsection (3) leave out “, in particular,” and insert “only”. |
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| | | (4) | In paragraph (3)(a) leave out second “, or” and insert “.”. |
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| | | (5) | Leave out paragraph (3)(b).’. |
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| | | Disclosure of information for the purpose of reducing fuel poverty |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision authorising the |
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| | | Secretary of State, or a person providing services to the Secretary of State, to |
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| | | supply relevant persons with social security and tax credit information about |
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| | | persons in receipt of welfare benefits. |
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| | | (2) | In this section “relevant person” means— |
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| | | (a) | a person who holds a licence under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act |
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| | | 1989 (c. 29) or section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (supply of |
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| | | electricity or gas to premises), or |
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| | | (b) | a person providing services to the Secretary of State or to a person within |
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| | | (3) | Regulations under this section must specify the purposes for which information |
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| | | may be supplied by virtue of subsection (1), which must be purposes in |
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| | | connection with reducing fuel poverty or making homes more energy efficient. |
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| | | (4) | Regulations under this section may authorise the supply of information by a |
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| | | relevant person to the Secretary of State or another relevant person— |
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| | | (a) | for the purpose of determining what information is to be supplied by |
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| | | virtue of subsection (1), or |
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| | | (b) | to enable information supplied to a relevant person by virtue of |
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| | | subsection (1) to be used by that or another relevant person for purposes |
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| | | (5) | Regulations under this section may— |
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| | | (a) | make provision as to the use or disclosure of information supplied under |
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| | | the regulations (including provision creating criminal offences); |
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| | | (b) | provide for the recovery by the Secretary of State of costs incurred in |
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| | | connection with the supply or use of information under the regulations. |
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| | | (a) | “social security information” means information held by or on behalf of |
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| | | the Secretary of State and obtained as a result of, or for the purpose of, |
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| | | the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions in relation to social |
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| | | (b) | “tax credit information” means information held by or on behalf of the |
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| | | Secretary of State and obtained as a result of, or for the purpose of, the |
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| | | exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions in relation to tax credits; |
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| | | (c) | “welfare benefit” means any prescribed benefit, allowance, payment or |
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| | | Additional information provided by energy suppliers |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State shall make provision for energy suppliers to— |
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| | | (a) | ensure a generic signpost message is displayed prominently on all |
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| | | customer bills from 1 December 2011, detailing how customers may be |
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| | | able to reduce their energy bills, |
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| | | (b) | ensure a letter reaches all of their customers by 1 December 2011, clearly |
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| | | detailing the extent to which customers overpay or underpay compared |
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| | | to that supplier’s cheapest standard direct debit tariff, |
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| | | (c) | implement, by 1 December 2012, the findings of research undertaken on |
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| | | (i) | a generic signpost message, to be displayed prominently on |
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| | | (ii) | a more detailed message, quoting pounds saved depending on |
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| | | payment method and tariff, as influenced by the customer’s |
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| | | actual usage over a 12-month period where appropriate; |
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| | | | in encouraging customers to switch to that supplier’s cheapest standard |
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| | Page 2, line 29 [Clause 1], at end insert ‘, and |
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| | | (d) | recovered and held by the relevant energy supplier as agent and trustee |
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| | | for the person who made the improvements (unless the relevant energy |
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| | | supplier is also that person).’. |
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| | Page 4, line 29 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(j) | Prohibiting the sale of products and services during Green Deal |
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| | | assessment and installation visits which are not eligible for Green Deal |
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| | | financing unless those products are recognised as being able to reduce |
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| | | household CO2 emissions.’. |
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| | Page 4, line 41 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(ea) | requiring green deal assessors to act with impartiality;’. |
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| | Page 5, line 2 [Clause 3], leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘will’. |
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| | Page 6, line 16 [Clause 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(9A) | The ninth condition is that the green deal provider meets any requirement |
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| | | specified in the framework regulations as to the level of interest charged on the |
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| | Page 6, line 16 [Clause 4], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(9A) | The ninth condition is that the green deal provider meets any requirement |
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| | | specified in the framework regulations to enable the consumer to compare |
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| | | recommendations and estimated costs and savings.’. |
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| | Page 6, line 34 [Clause 5], at end add— |
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| | | ‘(e) | a term permitting the improver to specify whether the instalments will be |
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| | | paid via his electricity bill or his gas bill; |
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| | | (f) | a term permitting the improver to change his decision taken pursuant to |
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| | Page 8, line 35 [Clause 8], leave out from ‘takes’ to ‘in’ in line 36 and insert ‘one |
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| | or more of the following actions as required by the framework regulations’. |
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| | Page 10, line 32 [Clause 12], after ‘must’ insert ‘, in relation to the document, or |
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| | each document, required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4)’. |
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| | Page 10, line 33 [Clause 12], leave out from ‘document’ to ‘has’ and insert ‘or, if |
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| | the requirement to produce or update the document’. |
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| | Page 11, line 22 [Clause 13], leave out from ‘obtain’ to ‘has’ and insert ‘a |
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| | document required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4) or, if the |
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| | requirement to produce or update such a document’. |
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| | Page 15, line 4 [Clause 18], after ‘may’, insert ‘and may not’. |
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| | Page 17, line 11 [Clause 21], leave out subsection (2). |
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| | Page 26, line 32 [Clause 39], leave out subsection (14). |
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| | Page 27, line 37 [Clause 42], after ‘landlord’, insert ‘, or his appointed agent,’. |
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| | Page 28, line 4 [Clause 42], after ‘may not let’, insert ‘, let on behalf of the landlord |
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| | Page 28, line 7 [Clause 42], at end insert ‘such that the property shall not fall below |
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| | the level of energy efficiency specified in subsection (1 )(c).’. |
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| | Page 28, line 13 [Clause 42], after ‘“let the property”’, insert ‘and “market to let”’. |
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