S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 30th March 2000
STANDING COMMITTEE A
UTILITIES BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [7th March], as follows:—
Clauses 89 to 103; Clause 126; Clauses 104 to 123; Schedule 4; Clause 125; Clause 129; Clause 9; Clause 13; Clause 10; Clause 14; Clause 11; Clause 15; Clauses 16 to 19; Schedule 2; Clauses 20 to 26; Clause 63; Clause 66; Clauses 27 and 28; Clause 64; Clause 29; Clause 62; Clauses 30 to 33; Clause 65; Clause 34; Clause 67; Clause 35; Clause 68; Clauses 36 to 41; Clause 69; Clause 42; Clause 70; Clause 43; Clause 71; Clause 44; Clause 72; Clause 45; Clause 73; Clause 46; Clause 74; Clause 47; Clause 75; Clause 48; Clause 76; Clause 49; Clause 77; Clauses 50 to 57; Clause 78; Clause 58; Clause 79; Clauses 59 to 61; Clause 82; Clause 80; Clause 81; Clause 83; Schedule 3; Clause 124; Clauses 127 and 128; Clauses 130 to 132; Schedules 5 to 7; Clauses 133 and 134; new Clauses; new Schedules.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
246
Clause 50, page 53, line 3, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall, within one year of the entering into force of this Act,'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
746
Clause 50, page 53, line 8, at end insert—
'( ) In devising and imposing the renewables obligation the Secretary of State shall have full regard to the environmental effects arising, or likely to arise, therefrom.'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
747
Clause 50, page 53, line 10, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
711
Clause 50, page 53, line 17, leave out from '(3)' to end of line 18 and insert 'Subject to the provisions of this section and sections 32A and 32C, the renewables obligation is that the'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
744
Clause 50, page 53, line 29, at end insert—
'(3A) The renewables obligation shall ensure that 10 per cent. of Great Britain electricity requirements shall be met from renewables by the end of the year 2003 and 15 per cent. by 2010.'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
745
Clause 50, page 53, line 29, at end insert—
'(3A) The renewables obligation shall ensure that 5 per cent. of Great Britain electricity requirements shall be met from renewables by the end of year 2003 and 10 per cent. by 2010'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
742
Clause 50, page 54, line 12, after 'nuclear fuel', insert 'or waste'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
743
Clause 50, page 54, line 12, leave out from 'but' to end of line 14.
Mr Nick Gibb
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Ian Bruce [R]
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Christopher Fraser
731
Clause 50, page 54, line 12, after 'includes', insert 'combined heat and power stations and'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
650
Clause 50, page 54, leave out lines 16 to 23 and insert—
'(9) An order under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.'
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
748
Clause 50, page 54, line 23, at end insert—
'(3) A report by the Secretary of State shall be laid before Parliament annually which shall include—
(a) the renewable obligations met throughout the previous year; and
(b) the steps taken, and to be taken, to promote the use of renewable energy sources.'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
749
Clause 51, page 55, line 14, at end insert—
'; ( ) that no new power generating capacity shall be allowed until the renewable obligation imposed by the order has been discharged without first obtaining the approval of the Secretary of State.'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
712
Clause 51, page 55, line 25, at end insert—
'( ) No person shall be required by virtue of this section to provide any information which he could not be compelled to give in evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session.'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
713
Clause 51, page 55, line 26, leave out 'role' and insert 'functions'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
357
Clause 51, page 55, line 29, leave out subsection (2).
Mrs Helen Liddell
714
Clause 52, page 55, line 38, leave out 'The' and insert 'A'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
715
Clause 52, page 55, line 46, leave out from 'count' to end of line 4 on page 56 and insert 'for the purposes of section 32(3) as sufficient evidence of the facts certified.'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
716
Clause 53, page 56, line 11, leave out from 'provision' to end of line 14 and insert—
'(a) as to the sum which for the purposes of subsection (1) is to correspond to the supply of a given amount of electricity; and
(b) for different such sums in relation to electricity generated in different ways specified in the order (such as those referred to in section 32A(1)(b) and (c)).'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
700
Clause 53, page 56, line 14, at end insert—
'( ) Where the obligation specifies descriptions of renewable sources and/or descriptions of generating stations as provided for in section 32A(1), the order may make provision for different payments for each description of source and/or generating station'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
750
Clause 53, page 56, line 14, at end insert—
'( ) Any payment made to the Authority under subsection (1) above shall not be less than three times what the electricity supplier would have spent in discharging its renewables obligation.'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
717
Clause 53, page 56, line 17, leave out 'an order made by the Secretary of State' and insert 'the order'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
718
Clause 53, page 56, line 19, leave out 'an order under subsection (3)' and insert 'the order'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
701
Clause 53, page 56, line 20, after '(3)', insert 'shall allow for payments to be made only to those suppliers that meet their renewables obligation without recourse to the provisions in this section and'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
702
Clause 53, page 56, line 21, at end add—
'( ) The system allocation specified in an order under subsection (3) shall allow for payments to be used by suppliers solely for the further development and deployment of renewable sources of energy'.
Norman Baker
Mr Andrew Stunell
728
Clause 53, page 56, line 21, at end add—
'( ) The system of allocation specified in an order under subsection (3) shall allow for payments to be used by suppliers solely for the further development and deployment of renewable sources of electricity within the United Kingdom.'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
719
Clause 55, page 56, line 28, leave out 'transitional and saving'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
720
Clause 55, page 56, line 32, leave out from beginning to end of line 33 and insert—
'(b) preserving, modifying, replacing or otherwise dealing with arrangements (as mentioned in that section) made pursuant to such an order, including making provision for substituting different parties to the arrangements or for replacement arrangements to be between parties different from those party to the replaced arrangements;'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
721
Clause 55, page 56, line 35, leave out '(whether by or to an electricity supplier)' and insert 'and providing for payments out of that levy'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
722
Clause 55, page 56, line 37, at end insert '(apart from subsections (3) and (4))'.
Mrs Helen Liddell
723
Clause 55, page 56, line 39, leave out from 'effect' to 'with' in line 40.
Mrs Helen Liddell
724
Clause 55, page 56, line 41, at end insert—
'(2A) An order under this section may, in particular—
(a) provide for what is to happen in relation to the fossil fuel levy and payments out of it if in any month—
(i) the cost (or, after the coming into force of section 54(1) of this Act, the reference price) referred to in section 33(5)(b) of the 1989 Act is greater than the cost referred to in section 33(5)(a) of the 1989 Act, or
(ii) the same is true in relation to any other corresponding measures referred to in section 33 of the 1989 Act as modified under subsection (2);
(b) provide in such a case for payments of amounts determined in accordance with the order (but not exceeding the difference between the sums referred to in paragraph (a)) to be made by, instead of to, the person to whom payments out of the fossil fuel levy would otherwise have been made.'.
