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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 7 February 2013

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Energy Bill, As Amended

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

1

 

Page  8,  line  10  [Clause  10],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Section 41(4)(a) of the Energy Act 2008 (“specified maximum capacity”) is

 

amended as follows:

 

“Specified maximum capacity” means the capacity specified by the Secretary of

 

State by order, which must not be less than 10 megawatts.’.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

2

 

Page  192,  line  9  [Schedule  14],  leave out subsection (4).

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

3

 

Page  192,  line  18  [Schedule  14],  at end insert ‘unless one or more consumers have

 

suffered loss or damage greater than this value.’.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

4

 

Page  192,  line  24  [Schedule  14],  at end insert ‘unless one or more consumers have

 

suffered loss or damage greater than this value.’.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

5

 

Page  198,  line  31  [Schedule  14],  leave out subsection (4).


 
 

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

6

 

Page  198,  line  40  [Schedule  14],  at end insert ‘unless one or more consumers have

 

suffered loss or damage greater than this value.’.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

7

 

Page  198,  line  46  [Schedule  14],  at end insert ‘unless one or more consumers have

 

suffered loss or damage greater than this value.’.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

8

 

Page  108,  line  26  [Schedule  2],  leave out paragraph 3.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

9

 

Page  108,  line  24  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, information is “confidential information”

 

only if it constitutes a trade secret.’.

 

Caroline Flint

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Luciana Berger

 

10

 

Page  51,  line  9  [Clause  50],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Within three years of the passing of this Act the Secretary of State must carry out

 

a review of the perfomance of the Regulator.

 

( )    

If the review carried out by the Secretary of State by virtue of this section

 

determines that the Regulator has underperformed the Secretary of State may take

 

whatever action would, in his opinion, improve performance of the Regulator.

 

( )    

Action by virtue of this section may include the replacement of the Regulator with

 

a new body.’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

11

 

Page  1,  line  4  [Clause  1],  after ‘ensure’, insert ‘that a decarbonisation target range

 

is set and that’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

12

 

Page  1,  line  5  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘a decarbonisation target range is set, that’ and

 

insert ‘such a target range is set’.


 
 

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

13

 

Page  1,  line  8  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

14

 

Page  2,  line  2  [Clause  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

Subject to section 2(1) the decarbonisation level must not exceed the level

 

deemed consistent with a low-carbon trajectory as advised by the Committee on

 

Climate Change.’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

15

 

Page  2,  line  6  [Clause  1],  leave out from ‘and the first decarbonisation order may

 

not’ to ‘Climate Change Act 2008’ and insert ‘a decarbonisation order must be made by

 

1 April 2014’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

16

 

Page  2,  line  9  [Clause  1],  leave ‘A’ and insert ‘Subject to section 2(1), a’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

17

 

Page  2,  line  33  [Clause  2],  leave out from ‘The following matters’ to ‘target range’

 

and insert ‘Before exercising the power to make a decarbonisation order the Secretary of

 

State must obtain and take into account the advice of the Committe on Climate Change.’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

18

 

Page  2,  line  35  [Clause  2],  leave out ‘the matters are’ and insert ‘In providing its

 

advice to the Secretary of State the Committee on Climate Change must take into account

 

the following matters’.

 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

19

 

Page  3,  line  4  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of

 

State, the Committee must publish that advice in such manner as it considers

 

appropriate.

 

(4)    

If in making a decarbonisation order the Secretary of State makes provision

 

different from that recommended by the Commitee, the Secretary of State must,

 

on making the order, publish a statement setting out the reasons for that

 

decision.’.


 
 

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Energy Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Tim Yeo

 

Barry Gardiner

 

20

 

Page  3,  line  7  [Clause  3],  leave out from ‘a report setting out’ to the end of

 

subsection and insert ‘and publish a delivery plan setting out proposals to achieve the duty

 

in section 1 to ensure that the decarbonisation target range is not exceeded.’.

 


 
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