Climate Change Bill [HL]
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, are published separately as Bill 97—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Secretary Hilary Benn has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Climate Change Bill [HL] are compatible with the
Convention rights.
Bill 97
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Contents
Part 1
Carbon target and budgeting
Principal aim
1
Climate change
The target for 2050
2
3
Amendment of 2050 target or baseline year
4
Consultation on order amending 2050 target or baseline year
Carbon budgeting
5
Carbon budgets
6
Level of carbon budgets
7
Amendment of target percentages
8
Consultation on order setting or amending target percentages
9
Setting of carbon budgets for budgetary periods
10
Consultation on carbon budgets
11
Matters to be taken into account in connection with carbon budgets
Indicative annual ranges
12
Duty to provide indicative annual ranges for net UK carbon account
Proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets
13
Duty to prepare proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets
14
Duty to report on proposals and policies for meeting carbon budgets
Determination whether objectives met
15
Annual statement of UK emissions
16
Powers to carry amounts from one budgetary period to another
17
Final statement for budgetary period
ii
18
Duty to report on proposals and policies for compensating for budget excess
19
Final statement for 2050
Alteration of budgets or budgetary periods
20
Alteration of carbon budgets
21
Consultation on alteration of carbon budgets
22
Alteration of budgetary periods
Targeted greenhouse gases
23
24
Base years for targeted greenhouse gases other than CO2
Carbon units, carbon accounting and the net UK carbon account
25
UK domestic effort
26
Carbon units and carbon accounting
27
Net UK carbon account
28
Procedure for regulations under section 26 or 27
Other supplementary provisions
29
UK emissions and removals of greenhouse gases
30
Emissions from international passenger travel or imports or exports of goods
31
Procedure for regulations under section 30
Part 2
The Committee on Climate Change
The Committee
32
Functions of the Committee
33
Advice on level of 2050 target
34
Advice in connection with carbon budgets
35
Reports on progress
36
Response to Committee’s reports on progress
37
Duty to provide advice or other assistance on request
Supplementary provisions
38
General ancillary powers
39
Grants to the Committee
40
Powers to give guidance
41
Powers to give directions
Interpretation
42
Interpretation of Part 2
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Part 3
Trading schemes
43
44
Activities to which trading schemes may apply
45
Matters that may or must be provided for in regulations
Authorities and regulations
46
Relevant national authorities
47
Procedure for making regulations
48
Further provisions about regulations
49
Information
50
51
52
Grants to administrators and participants
53
Power to make consequential provision
54
Interpretation of Part 3
Part 4
Impact of and adaptation to climate change
National reports and programmes
55
Report on impact of climate change
56
Programme for adaptation to climate change
57
Report on progress in connection with adaptation
58
Programme for adaptation to climate change: Northern Ireland
Reporting authorities: non-devolved functions
59
Guidance by Secretary of State to reporting authorities
60
Directions by Secretary of State to prepare reports
61
Compliance with Secretary of State’s directions
62
Consent of, or consultation with, devolved authorities
63
Report on exercise of power to give directions
Reporting authorities: devolved Welsh functions
64
Guidance by Welsh Ministers to reporting authorities
65
Directions by Welsh Ministers to prepare reports
66
Compliance with Welsh Ministers’ directions
67
Consent of, or consultation with, Secretary of State
iv
68
Part 5
Other provisions
Waste reduction schemes
69
70
Waste reduction provisions: piloting
71
Waste reduction provisions: report and review
72
Waste reduction provisions: interim report
73
Waste reduction provisions: roll-out or repeal
Renewable transport fuel obligations
74
Miscellaneous
75
Report on climate change: Wales
76
Climate change measures reports in Wales
77
Repeal of previous reporting obligation
78
Power of Ministers and departments to offset greenhouse gas emissions
79
Fines for offences relating to pollution
Part 6
General supplementary provisions
Guidance on reporting
80
Territorial scope of provisions relating to greenhouse gas emissions
81
Orders and regulations
82
83
Affirmative and negative resolution procedure
84
Meaning of “greenhouse gas”
85
Measurement of emissions etc by reference to carbon dioxide equivalent
86
Meaning of “international carbon reporting practice”
87
Meaning of “national authority”
88
Meaning of “relevant Northern Ireland department”
89
Minor definitions
90
Index of defined expressions
v
Final provisions
91
Extent
92
Commencement
93
Short title
Schedule 1 —
Schedule 2 —
Part 1 —
Schemes limiting activities
Part 2 —
Schemes encouraging activities
Part 3 —
Administration and enforcement
Schedule 3 —
Trading schemes regulations: further provisions
Regulations made by a single national authority
Regulations made by two or more national authorities
Power to make provision by Order in Council
Schedule 4 —
Trading schemes: powers to require information
Schedule 5 —
Main provisions
Consequential amendments
Schedule 6 —