Statutory Instruments
ENERGY, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
19th November 2003
Laid before Parliament
20th November 2003
Coming into force
15th December 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 5(5)(a) and (b) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003(1) hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sustainable Energy (CHP Provisions) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th December 2003.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Sustainable Energy Act 2003(1).
2. For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the government departments and other bodies which together constitute “the government” are set out in the Schedule.
3. For the purposes of any CHP target specified by the Secretary of State in a statement made pursuant to section 5(1) of the Act, there shall be excluded in the period specified in relation to that target from the estimation of the amount of electricity that the government will use, electricity used—
(a)in circumstances where the premises in which it is used are outside England and Wales; or
(b)by the following parts of the government—
(i)the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces;
(ii)the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency;
(iii)the Information Technology Services Agency;
(iv)the National Insurance Contributions Office;
(v)the Invest in Britain Bureau;
(vi)the National Savings;
(vii)the Probation Service;
(viii)the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency;
(ix)the NHS Estates.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th November 2003
Article 2
1. Ministry of Defence
2. Cabinet Office
3. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
4. Department of Health
5. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
6. Department for Transport
7. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8. Department for Education and Skills
9. Department for Work and Pensions
10. Department for Culture, Media and Sport
11. Department for International Development
12. Department of Trade and Industry
13. Home Office
14. Her Majesty’s Treasury
15. The Board of the Inland Revenue
16. Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise
17. The Export Credit Guarantee Department
18. Department for Constitutional Affairs
19. The Law Officers
20. Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
21. Treasury Solicitor's
22. Serious Fraud Office
23. Crown Prosecution Service
24. Office for National Statistics
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order defines “the government” for the purposes of setting a CHP target pursuant to section 5(1) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 for England and Wales. It also specifies the circumstances, and those parts of the government, to be excluded from the estimation of the amount of electricity that the government will use in the period specified in the target.
Article 2 defines “the government” as comprising those government departments and other bodies set out in the Schedule.
Article 3 specifies any premises being outside England and Wales as the circumstances in which, and the parts of the government whose, electricity use will be excluded from the estimation.