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Make provision, with regard to greenhouse gases, for the setting of a United |
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Kingdom consumer emissions target and for the reporting of United Kingdom |
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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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1 | Consumer emissions target |
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(1) | The Climate Change Act 2008 is amended as follows. |
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(2) | After section 3 insert— |
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“3A | Consumer emissions target |
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(1) | The Secretary of State shall, by order, set a target for net UK consumer |
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emissions for the year 2050 (the “consumer emissions target”). |
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(2) | It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the consumer |
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emissions target is met by 2050. |
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(3) | When setting the carbon budget under section 4(1)(a), the Secretary of |
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State must have regard to the consumer emissions target. |
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(4) | An order made under subsection (1) shall be made by statutory |
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instrument and may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has |
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been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of |
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3B | Consultation on the consumer emissions target |
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(1) | Before laying before Parliament a draft of a statutory instrument |
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containing an order made under section 3A(1), the Secretary of State |
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(a) | obtain, and take into account, the advice of the Committee on |
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(b) | take into account any representations made by other national |
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(2) | The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice to the Secretary of |
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State, send a copy to the other national authorities. |
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(3) | As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the |
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Secretary of State, the Committee must publish that advice in such |
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manner as it considers appropriate. |
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(4) | The Secretary of State may proceed to lay such a draft statutory |
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instrument before Parliament, without having received a national |
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authority’s representations, if the authority does not provide them |
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before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date |
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the Committee’s advice was sent to the authority. |
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(5) | At the same time as laying such a draft statutory instrument before |
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Parliament the Secretary of State must publish a statement setting out |
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whether and how the order takes account of any representations made |
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by the other national authorities. |
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(6) | If the order makes provision different from that recommended by the |
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Committee, the Secretary of State must also publish a statement setting |
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out the reasons for that decision. |
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(7) | A statement under this section may be published in such manner as the |
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Secretary of State sees fit.” |
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(3) | In section 15(1) after subsection (a) insert— |
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“(aa) | the target as set by order under section (3A)(1), or” |
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2 | Reporting of consumer emissions and interpretation |
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(1) | The Climate Change Act 2008 is amended as follows. |
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(a) | after first “emissions” insert “UK consumer emissions,” |
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(b) | after “removals” insert “net UK consumer emissions” |
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(a) | after first “emissions” insert “UK consumer emissions,” |
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(b) | after “removals” insert “net UK consumer emissions” |
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(4) | In section 29(1), after paragraph (a) insert— |
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“(aa) | “UK consumer emissions”, in relation to a greenhouse gas, |
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means emissions of that gas from the production, supply and |
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use of all goods and services consumed by UK residents, |
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including imported goods and services where emissions of that |
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gas have in part occurred outside the UK;” |
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(5) | In section 29(1), after paragraph (b) insert— |
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“(ba) | the “net UK consumer emissions” for a period, in relation to a |
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greenhouse gas, means the amount of UK consumer emissions |
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of that gas for the period reduced by the amount for the period |
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of UK removals of that gas;” |
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3 | Short title, extent and commencement |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Consumer Emissions (Climate Change) Act 2010. |
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