Climate Change Act 2008
Climate Change Act 2008 (2008 c. 27)
- Climate Change Act 2008 (2008 c. 27)
- 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
- 11 Limit on use of carbon units
- 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
- 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
- 24 Targeted greenhouse gases
- 25 Base years for targeted greenhouse gases other than CO2
- 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
- 32 The Committee on Climate Change
- 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
- 43 Interpretation of Part 2
- 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
- 55 Interpretation of Part 3
- 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
- 70 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
- 76 Collection of household waste
- Charges for single use carrier bagscarrier bags
- 77 Charges for single use carrier bagscarrier bags
- Renewable transport fuel obligations
- 78 Renewable transport fuel obligations
- Carbon emissions reduction targets
- 79 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
- 89 Territorial scope of provisions relating to greenhouse gas emissions
- Orders and regulations
- 90 Orders and regulations
- 91 Affirmative and negative resolution procedure
- 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
- 99 Extent
- 100 Commencement
- 101 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 The Committee on Climate Change
- Membership
- Term of office
- Remuneration and pensions etc
- Staff
- Sub-committees
- The Adaptation Sub-Committee
- Proceedings
- Discharge of functions
- Application of seal and proof of documents
- Reports and accounts
- Information
- Publication of advice etc
- Status
- Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
- Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10)
- SCHEDULE 2 Trading schemes
- Part 1 Schemes limiting activities
- Introductory
- Trading periods
- Activities
- Participants
- Allocation of allowances
- Use of allowances
- Credits
- Payments
- Trading
- Permits
- Units under other schemes
- Part 2 Schemes encouraging activities
- Introductory
- Trading periods
- Activities
- Participants
- Targets and obligations
- Certificates
- Payments
- Trading
- Units under other schemes
- Part 3 Administration and enforcement
- The administrator
- Information
- Registers
- Publication of information
- Acquisition of units by the administrator
- Charges
- Monitoring compliance
- Enforcement
- Penalties
- Offences
- Appeals
- 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
- Introductory
- Information from electricity suppliers and distributors
- Information from potential participants in a trading scheme
- Requirements for a valid notice
- Failure to comply with notice etc an offence
- Disclosure of information
- SCHEDULE 5 Waste reduction schemes
- Part 1 Main provisions
- Part 2 Consequential amendments
- SCHEDULE 6 Charges for single use carrier bagscarrier bags
- Part 1 Powers to make regulations about charges
- General power
- Requirement to charge
- Sellers of goods
- Amount of charge
- Destination of proceeds – Wales
- Interpretation of paragraph 4A
- Single use carrier bagsCarrier bags
- Administration
- Registration
- Record-keeping and publication of records
- Enforcement
- Part 2 Civil sanctions
- Civil sanctions
- Fixed monetary penalties
- Fixed monetary penalties: procedure
- Discretionary requirements
- Discretionary requirements: procedure
- Discretionary requirements: enforcement
- Combination of sanctions
- Monetary penalties
- Costs recovery
- Appeals
- Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions
- Persons liable to civil sanctions
- Guidance as to use of civil sanctions
- Publication of enforcement action
- Compliance with regulatory principles
- Review
- Suspension
- Payment of penalties into Consolidated Fund
- Part 3 Procedures applying to regulations
- Regulations made by a single authority
- Regulations made by two or more national authorities
- Hybrid instruments
- SCHEDULE 7 Renewable transport fuel obligations
- Introductory
- The Administrator
- Determination of amounts of transport fuel
- Discharge of obligation by payment
- Civil penalties
- Disclosure of information
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 8 Carbon emissions reduction targets
- Gas Act 1986 (c. 44)
- Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)
- Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27)
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