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make
provision to increase to increase the proportion of heating fuel
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from renewable sources; and
for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Renewable heat obligation |
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Renewable
heat obligation |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State may
by regulations introduce a renewable heat |
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(2) |
Regulations under subsection
(1) may— |
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(a) |
require suppliers of heating
fuel to demonstrate that a specified |
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proportion of the fuel they
supply is derived from renewable heat |
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(b) |
establish targets for the
proportion of heating fuel supplied that is |
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provide for penalties on suppliers
that fail to meet those targets. |
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(3) |
Regulations under subsection
(1) shall prescribe the meaning of “suppliers of |
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heating fuel” and “renewable
heat sources”, but the prescribed meaning of the |
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latter term shall include— |
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solid, liquid or gaseous fuels
produced from biomass, |
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(b) |
passive solar heating systems,
and |
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“biomass” means
the biodegradable fraction of product and residues from |
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agriculture, forestry and
related industries; |
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“passive solar heating
systems” means systems for the collection, transfer, |
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storage and use of solar
energy for space, water and process heating or |
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“geothermal systems” means systems for collecting
stored or geothermal |
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energy from ground or water
sources, including through the use of heat |
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Consultation with and delegation
to devolved bodies |
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The
renewable heat obligation and devolved bodies |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State shall
consult with— |
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(a) |
the Scottish Ministers, |
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(b) |
the National Assembly for
Wales, and |
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(c) |
the relevant Northern Ireland
department, |
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before
making regulations under section 1. |
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(2) |
Where the Scottish Ministers
inform the Secretary of State that they can |
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perform functions that would
otherwise be performed by the Secretary of State |
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in Scotland under regulations
under section 1,
the Secretary of State shall by |
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order delegate the performance
of those functions in Scotland to the Scottish |
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(3) |
Before informing the Secretary
of State in accordance with the provisions of |
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subsection (2), the Scottish
Ministers shall secure the consent of the Scottish |
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Parliament to that proposed
action. |
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(4) |
Where the National Assembly
for Wales informs the Secretary of State that it |
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can perform functions that
would otherwise be performed by the Secretary of |
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State in Wales under regulations
under section 1,
the Secretary of State shall by |
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order delegate the performance
of those functions in Wales to the National |
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(5) |
Where the relevant Northern
Ireland department informs the Secretary of State |
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that it can perform functions
that would otherwise be performed by the |
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Secretary of State in Northern
Ireland under regulations under section 1,
the |
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Secretary of State shall
by order delegate the performance of those functions in |
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Northern Ireland to the relevant
Northern Ireland department. |
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Miscellaneous and final
provisions |
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(1) |
The power conferred by this
Act on the Secretary of State to make an order or |
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regulations shall be exercisable
by statutory instrument. |
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(2) |
No regulations or order
may be made under section 1
or 2
unless a draft of the |
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regulations or order has
been laid before Parliament and approved by a |
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resolution of each House
of Parliament. |
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(3) |
Every power conferred by
this Act on the Secretary of State to make an order |
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or regulations includes power— |
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to make different provision
for different cases (including different |
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provision in respect of different
areas); |
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to make provision subject
to such exemptions and exceptions as the |
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Secretary of State thinks
fit; and |
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(c) |
to make such incidental,
supplemental, consequential and transitional |
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provision as the Secretary
of State thinks fit. |
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