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Combat
climate change by setting annual targets for the reduction of
carbon |
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dioxide emissions until 2050;
to place duties on the Prime Minister regarding |
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the reporting on and achievement
of those targets; to specify procedures to be |
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followed if the targets are
not met; to specify certain functions of and provide |
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certain powers to Members
of Parliament with regard to ensuring carbon |
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dioxide emissions are reduced;
to set sectoral reduction targets and targets for |
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energy efficiency, the generation
of energy from renewable sources, combined |
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heat and power and microgeneration;
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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National
annual target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions |
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(1) |
It shall be a duty of the
Prime Minister to take steps to ensure that United |
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Kingdom emissions of carbon
dioxide in any one year do not exceed the |
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national annual target figure
for that year, for every year from 2010 to 2050. |
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(2) |
In this Act the “national
annual target figure” shall be— |
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(a) |
for 2010, 126 MtC, and |
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(b) |
for each subsequent year,
three per cent below the value in the |
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(3) |
In this Act “MtC”
means million tonnes of carbon equivalent. |
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Sectoral
targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions |
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(1) |
It shall also be a duty
of the Prime Minister to take steps to ensure that the |
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sectoral targets for emissions
of carbon dioxide in any one year do not exceed |
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the sectoral annual target
figures for that year, for every year from 2010 to 2050, |
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for each of the sectors listed
in Schedule 1.
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(2) |
In this Act the “sectoral
annual target figures” shall be— |
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(a) |
for 2010, the values specified
in the table in Schedule 1,
and |
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(b) |
for
each subsequent year, the values specified in the strategy referred
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to in section 3,
or in any subsequent revisions to that strategy. |
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(3) |
Schedule 1
(which specifies sectoral annual target figures) shall have effect.
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(4) |
The Secretary of State may
by regulations made by statutory instrument define |
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the sectors listed in Schedule
1. |
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(5) |
Regulations under subsection
(4) are subject to annulment in pursuance of a |
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resolution of either House
of Parliament. |
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(1) |
The Prime Minister shall
lay before Parliament, within one year of the |
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commencement of this Act,
a strategy to achieve the reductions in United |
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Kingdom carbon dioxide emissions
which are required to meet the national |
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annual target figure and
the sectoral annual target figures. |
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(2) |
The strategy referred to
in subsection (1) shall include— |
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(a) |
policies intended to reduce
United Kingdom carbon dioxide emissions; |
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(b) |
an analysis of the performance
of policies previously implemented |
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with the intention of reducing
United Kingdom carbon dioxide |
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(c) |
an analysis of the impact
of Government taxation and expenditure |
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policies on United Kingdom
carbon dioxide emissions; and |
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(d) |
an assessment of steps which
could be taken to reduce United Kingdom |
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carbon dioxide emissions according
to the “polluter pays” principle. |
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(3) |
It shall be the duty of
the Prime Minister to make a motion for a resolution |
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approving that strategy in
the House of Commons. |
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(4) |
It shall be the duty of
a Minister of the Crown to make a motion for a resolution |
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approving that strategy in
the House of Lords. |
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(5) |
The Prime Minister shall,
one year after the publication of the strategy, and |
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annually thereafter, lay
before Parliament a report on progress in |
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implementing the strategy
and any revisions to the strategy he proposes to |
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(6) |
It shall be the duty of
the Prime Minister to make a motion for a resolution |
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approving in the House of
Commons every report before Parliament under |
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(7) |
It shall be the duty of
a Minister of the Crown to make a motion for a resolution |
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approving in the House of
Lords every report before Parliament under |
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(8) |
The Comptroller and Auditor
General shall, within 30 days of the publication |
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of the strategy and any subsequent
report on the strategy, lay before |
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Parliament a report assessing
the validity of the assumptions which underpin |
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the strategy and any subsequent
report on the strategy and the statistical |
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information they contain. |
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(9) |
In this section “the
“polluter pays” principle” is, in relation to
carbon dioxide |
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emissions, the principle
that persons responsible for generating carbon dioxide |
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emissions should make a financial
contribution to the cost of measures |
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implemented to reduce such
emissions, whether by taxation or otherwise, |
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commensurate with the scale
of the carbon dioxide emissions for which they |
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Action
to be taken in the event of the national annual target figure
being |
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(1) |
If, in any one year, United
Kingdom carbon dioxide emissions exceed the |
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national annual target figure
for that year, the report laid before Parliament |
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under section 3(5)
shall additionally include— |
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(a) |
an assessment of the reasons
why the national annual target figure for |
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that year was exceeded; and |
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(b) |
a revision or revisions to
the strategy required to achieve the national |
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annual target figure for the
next and subsequent years. |
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(2) |
If, in any one year, United
Kingdom carbon dioxide emissions exceed the |
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national annual target figure
for that year by more than five per cent, the report |
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laid before Parliament under
section 3(5)
shall be referred to a select committee |
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of the House of Commons which
may consider the report and recommend |
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revisions to the strategy
intended to ensure that the national annual target |
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figure for the next year
and subsequent years is achieved. |
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(3) |
The motion made in the House
of Commons under section 3(6)
must enable the |
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House of Commons to reach
a decision on any recommendations made under |
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(4) |
If, in any one year, United
Kingdom carbon dioxide emissions exceed the |
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national annual target figure
for that year by more than ten per cent then, in |
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addition to the measures
provided for in subsections (1), (2) and (3), the select |
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committee referred to in
subsection (2) shall consider whether the salary of the |
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Prime Minister for the financial
year in which the report laid under section 3(5)
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was laid should be reduced
by up to 10 per cent, and shall make a |
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recommendation concerning
the Prime Minister’s salary. |
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Action
to be taken in the event of a sectoral annual target figure being
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(1) |
If, in any one year, any
of the sectoral annual target figures for that year has |
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been exceeded, the report
laid before Parliament under section 3(5)
shall |
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(a) |
an assessment of the reasons
why a sectoral annual target figure or |
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figures for that year was
exceeded; and |
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(b) |
a revision or revisions to
the strategy required to achieve the sectoral |
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annual target figures for
the next and subsequent years. |
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(2) |
If, in any one year, any
of the sectoral annual target figures for that year has |
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been exceeded by more than
five per cent, the report laid before Parliament |
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under section 3(5)
shall be referred to a select committee of the House of |
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Commons which may consider
the report and recommend revisions to the |
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strategy intended to ensure
that the sectoral annual target figures for the next |
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and subsequent years are
achieved. |
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(3) |
The motion made in the House
of Commons under section 3(6)
must enable the |
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House of Commons to reach
a decision on any recommendations made under |
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(4) |
If,
in any one year, any of the sectoral annual target figures has
been exceeded |
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by more than ten per cent
then, in addition to the measures provided for in |
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subsections (1), (2) and
(3), the select committee referred to in subsection (2) |
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shall consider whether the
salary of the prescribed Minister of the Crown for |
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the financial year in which
the report laid under section 3(5)
was laid shall be |
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reduced by up to 10 per cent,
and shall make a recommendation concerning the |
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(5) |
The Prime Minister shall,
for the purposes of subsection (4), prescribe which |
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Minister of the Crown has
responsibility for each of the sectors listed in |
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Duty
of Members of House of Commons to publish annual reports relating
to |
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It shall be the duty of
each Member of the House of Commons, within one |
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month of the first anniversary
of their election to the House of Commons, and |
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annually thereafter, to publish
an annual report specifying, for the period |
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(a) |
how they have voted in divisions
in the House of Commons relating to |
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(b) |
any action they have taken
to hold Ministers to account for policies |
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relating to climate change;
and |
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(c) |
any other action they have
taken to help prevent climate change. |
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Duty
of Prime Minister relating to other climate change targets |
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(1) |
It shall be a duty of the
Prime Minister to take steps to ensure that each of the |
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targets listed in Schedule
2
is achieved. |
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(2) |
Schedule 2
(which lists certain government targets relating to climate change)
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(3) |
The Secretary of State may,
by order made by statutory instrument, add to the |
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list of targets in Schedule
2. |
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(4) |
An order under subsection
(3) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a |
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resolution of either House
of Parliament. |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament— |
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(a) |
any
expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown or by a Member
of the |
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House
of Commons by virtue of this Act; |
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(b) |
any
increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money
so |
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provided
under any other enactment. |
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This Act may be cited as
the Climate Change Act 2006. |
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Sectoral annual target
figures |
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Government targets relating
to climate change |
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Domestic energy efficiency
to improve by 20 per cent from 2010 levels by |
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Non-domestic energy efficiency
to improve by 7.9 MtC by 2010, and by a |
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Ten per cent of electricity
to be generated from renewable resources by 2010, |
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The strategy published
in pursuance of section 82 of the Energy
Act 2004 |
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(c. 20) (microgeneration)
to be implemented. |
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Ten gigawatts of combined
heat and power to be generated by 2010. |
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5.75 per cent of transport
fuel to be produced from renewable resources by |
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