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Part 1 Carbon Target and Budgeting
The target for 2050
- 1 The target for 2050
- 2 Amendment of 2050 target or baseline year
- 3 Consultation on order amending 2050 target or baseline year
Carbon budgeting
- 4 Carbon budgets
- 5 Level of carbon budgets
- 6 Amendment of target percentages
- 7 Consultation on order setting or amending target percentages
- 8 Setting of carbon budgets for budgetary periods
- 9 Consultation on carbon budgets
- 10 Matters to be taken into account in connection with carbon budgets
Limit on use of carbon units
Indicative annual ranges
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
- 15 Duty to have regard to need for UK domestic action on climate change
Determination whether objectives met
- 16 Annual statement of UK emissions
- 17 Powers to carry amounts from one budgetary period to another
- 18 Final statement for budgetary period
- 19 Duty to report on proposals and policies for compensating for budget excess
- 20 Final statement for 2050
Alteration of budgets or budgetary periods
- 21 Alteration of carbon budgets
- 22 Consultation on alteration of carbon budgets
- 23 Alteration of budgetary periods
Targeted greenhouse gases
Carbon units, carbon accounting and the net UK carbon account
- 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 aviation or international shipping
- 31 Procedure for regulations under section 30
Part 2 The Committee on Climate Change
The Committee
Functions of the Committee
- 33 Advice on level of 2050 target
- 34 Advice in connection with carbon budgets
- 35 Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping
- 36 Reports on progress
- 37 Response to Committee's reports on progress
- 38 Duty to provide advice or other assistance on request
Supplementary provisions
- 39 General ancillary powers
- 40 Grants to the Committee
- 41 Powers to give guidance
- 42 Powers to give directions
Interpretation
Part 3 Trading Schemes
Trading schemes
- 44 Trading schemes
- 45 Activities to which trading schemes may apply
- 46 Matters that may or must be provided for in regulations
Authorities and regulations
- 47 Relevant national authorities
- 48 Procedure for making regulations
- 49 Further provisions about regulations
Other supplementary provisions
- 50 Information
- 51 Powers to give guidance
- 52 Powers to give directions
- 53 Grants to administrators and participants
- 54 Power to make consequential provision
Interpretation
Part 4 Impact of and Adaptation to Climate Change
National reports and programmes
- 56 Report on impact of climate change
- 57 Advice of Committee on Climate Change on impact report
- 58 Programme for adaptation to climate change
- 59 Reporting on progress in connection with adaptation
- 60 Programme for adaptation to climate change: Northern Ireland
Reporting authorities: non-devolved functions
- 61 Guidance by Secretary of State to reporting authorities
- 62 Directions by Secretary of State to prepare reports
- 63 Compliance with Secretary of State's directions
- 64 Consent of, or consultation with, devolved authorities
- 65 Report on exercise of power to give directions
Reporting authorities: devolved Welsh functions
- 66 Guidance by Welsh Ministers to reporting authorities
- 67 Directions by Welsh Ministers to prepare reports
- 68 Compliance with Welsh Ministers' directions
- 69 Consent of, or consultation with, Secretary of State
Interpretation
Part 5 Other Provisions
Waste reduction schemes
- 71 Waste reduction schemes
- 72 Waste reduction provisions: piloting
- 73 Waste reduction provisions: report and review
- 74 Waste reduction provisions: interim report
- 75 Waste reduction provisions: roll-out or repeal
Collection of household waste
Charges for single use carrier bags
Renewable transport fuel obligations
Carbon emissions reduction targets
Miscellaneous
- 80 Report on climate change: Wales
- 81 Climate change measures reports in Wales
- 82 Repeal of previous reporting obligation
- 83 Guidance on reporting
- 84 Report on contribution of reporting to climate change objectives
- 85 Regulations about reporting by companies
- 86 Report on the civil estate
- 87 Power of Ministers and departments to offset greenhouse gas emissions
- 88 Fines for offences relating to pollution
Part 6 General Supplementary Provisions
Territorial scope of provisions relating to greenhouse gas emissions
Orders and regulations
Interpretation
- 92 Meaning of “greenhouse gas”
- 93 Measurement of emissions etc by reference to carbon dioxide equivalent
- 94 Meaning of “international carbon reporting practice”
- 95 Meaning of “national authority”
- 96 Meaning of “relevant Northern Ireland department”
- 97 Minor definitions
- 98 Index of defined expressions
Final provisions
- SCHEDULE 1 The Committee on Climate Change
SCHEDULE 2 Trading Schemes
- Part 1 Schemes Limiting Activities
- Part 2 Schemes Encouraging Activities
- Part 3 Administration and Enforcement
SCHEDULE 3 Trading Schemes Regulations: Further Provisions
- Part 1 Regulations Made by a Single National Authority
- Part 2 Regulations Made by Two or More National Authorities
- Part 3 Power to Make Provision by Order in Council
- SCHEDULE 4 Trading Schemes: Powers to Require Information
SCHEDULE 5 Waste Reduction Schemes
- Part 1 Main Provisions
- Part 2 Consequential Amendments
SCHEDULE 6 Charges for Single Use Carrier Bags
- Part 1 Powers to Make Regulations about Charges
- Part 2 Civil Sanctions
- Part 3 Procedures Applying to Regulations
- SCHEDULE 7 Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations
- SCHEDULE 8 Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets
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