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Make
requirements about the monitoring of measures to address the
effects of |
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climate change; 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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Duty
to monitor measures taken to address effects of climate change |
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(1) |
It shall be the duty of
the Secretary of State to monitor the measures taken in |
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the United Kingdom to address
the effects of climate change on the |
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environment of the United
Kingdom. |
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(2) |
In this section “the
environment” includes— |
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(a) |
the natural environment
on land, in the air and in the sea, and |
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(b) |
the built environment. |
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Annual
report to Parliament |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State
must lay before Parliament each year a report on the |
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measures referred to in
section 1(1). |
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(2) |
Before laying such a report
the Secretary of State must consult— |
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(a) |
other Ministers of the Crown, |
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(b) |
the Scottish Executive,
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the Northern Ireland departments. |
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(3) |
The first such report must
be laid within one year of the passing of this Act. |
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(4) |
A report under subsection
(1) must include— |
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(a) |
an analysis of the efficacy
of measures intended to address the effects |
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of climate change on the
environment of the United Kingdom which |
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have already been implemented,
and |
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(b) |
an analysis of the estimated
efficacy of such measures which are |
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proposed to be implemented. |
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The
Secretary of State must, within two months of the publication
of a report |
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under subsection (1), make
a motion in the House of Commons for the |
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A Minister of the Crown
must make a motion in the House of Lords for the |
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approval of a report under
subsection (1). |
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Report
by Comptroller and Auditor General |
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The Comptroller and Auditor
General must, within 90 days of the publication |
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of a report under section
2(1), lay before Parliament an assessment of the |
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validity of any assumptions
or statistics on which the report is based. |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament— |
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(a) |
any
sums to be paid by the Secretary of State for or in connection
with the |
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carrying
out of his functions under this Act; and |
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(b) |
any
increase attributable to this Act in the sums which are payable
out of |
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money
so provided under any other Act. |
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This Act may be cited as
the Climate Change (Effects) Act 2007. |
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