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Part 5U.K.Other provisions

Waste reduction schemesE+W

71Waste reduction schemesE+W

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Textual Amendments

F1S. 71(1) repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 47(a), 240(1)(e), Sch. 25 Pt. 8

F372Waste reduction provisions: pilotingE+W

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Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 72-75 repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 47(b), 240(1)(e), Sch. 25 Pts. 8

F373Waste reduction provisions: report and reviewE+W

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Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 72-75 repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 47(b), 240(1)(e), Sch. 25 Pts. 8

F374Waste reduction provisions: interim reportE+W

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Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 72-75 repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 47(b), 240(1)(e), Sch. 25 Pts. 8

F375Waste reduction provisions: roll-out or repealE+W

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Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 72-75 repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 47(b), 240(1)(e), Sch. 25 Pts. 8

Collection of household wasteE+W

76Collection of household wasteE+W

In section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (receptacles for household waste), after subsection (10) insert—

(11)A waste collection authority is not obliged to collect household waste that is placed for collection in contravention of a requirement under this section..

Charges for [F4single use carrier bags][F4carrier bags]E+W+N.I.

Textual Amendments

F4Words in Sch. 6 para. 2 substituted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 7), s. 1(b)

77Charges for [F4single use carrier bags][F4carrier bags]E+W+N.I.

(1)Schedule 6 makes provision about charges for [F4single use carrier bags][F4carrier bags].

(2)In that Schedule—

  • Part 1 confers power on the relevant national authority to make regulations about charges for [F4single use carrier bags][F4carrier bags];

  • Part 2 makes provision about civil sanctions;

  • Part 3 makes provision about the procedures applying to regulations under the Schedule.

(3)In that Schedule “the relevant national authority” means—

(a)the Secretary of State in relation to England;

(b)the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales;

(c)the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland in relation to Northern Ireland.

(4)Regulations under that Schedule are subject to affirmative resolution procedure if—

(a)they are the first regulations to be made by the relevant national authority in question under the Schedule,

[F5(aa)they are the first regulations to be made by the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 4A of the Schedule,]

[F6(aa)they are to be made by the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland under paragraph 4A of the Schedule;]

[F7(ab)they are to be made by the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland and increase the minimum amount specified under paragraph 4 of the Schedule;]

(b)they contain provision imposing or providing for the imposition of new civil sanctions,

(c)they increase the amount or maximum amount of a monetary penalty or change the basis on which such an amount or maximum is to be determined, or

(d)they amend or repeal a provision of an enactment contained in primary legislation.

(5)Otherwise regulations under that Schedule are subject to negative resolution procedure.

[F8(6)Section 17(5) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to a power to make regulations under Schedule 6.]

Textual Amendments

F5S. 77(4)(aa) inserted (E.W.) (15.2.2011) by Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8), ss. 2, 21(2)

F7S. 77(6) inserted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 7), s. 2(3)

F8S. 77(4)(ab) inserted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 7), s. 2(2)

Renewable transport fuel obligationsU.K.

78Renewable transport fuel obligationsU.K.

Schedule 7 contains amendments to the provisions of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) relating to renewable transport fuel obligations.

Carbon emissions reduction targetsE+W+S

79Carbon emissions reduction targetsE+W+S

Schedule 8 contains amendments to the provisions of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44), the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) and the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) relating to carbon emissions reduction targets.

MiscellaneousU.K.

80Report on climate change: WalesU.K.

(1)It is the duty of the Welsh Ministers to lay before the National Assembly for Wales from time to time a report on—

(a)the objectives of the Welsh Ministers in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of climate change in Wales,

(b)the action that has been taken by the Welsh Ministers and others to deal with such emissions and that impact, and

(c)the future priorities for the Welsh Ministers and others for dealing with such emissions and that impact.

(2)The report must, in particular, set out how the Welsh Ministers intend to exercise the power to give directions under section 67 (directions to reporting authorities to prepare adaptation reports).

(3)Nothing in a report under this section affects the exercise of the Welsh Ministers' power under that section.

(4)The second and each subsequent report under this section must contain an assessment of the progress made towards implementing the objectives mentioned in the earlier reports.

(5)In this section “Wales” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

Prospective

81Climate change measures reports in WalesE+W

(1)The Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19) is amended as follows.

(2)After section 3 insert—

3ALocal authorities in Wales to have regard to climate change measures reports

(1)The Welsh Ministers must from time to time publish a climate change measures report.

(2)A local authority in Wales must, in exercising its functions, have regard to any current climate change measures report.

(3)A “climate change measures report” means a report containing information about the local authority measures the Welsh Ministers consider would or might have any of the following effects—

(a)improving efficiency in the use of any description or source of energy;

(b)increasing the amount of energy generated, or heat produced, by microgeneration;

(c)increasing the amount of energy generated, or heat produced, by plant that relies wholly or mainly on a source of energy or a technology listed in section 26(2);

(d)reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;

(e)reducing the number of households in which one or more persons are living in fuel poverty;

(f)addressing the impact of climate change.

(4)Before publishing a climate change measures report, the Welsh Ministers must consult such representatives of local government, and such other persons, as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

(5)The Secretary of State's consent is required to the publication in a climate change measures report of information about a local authority measure to which subsection (6) applies.

(6)This subsection applies to a local authority measure if the Secretary of State has a function in relation to the measure of—

(a)making subordinate legislation,

(b)issuing guidance or directions, or

(c)making determinations or hearing appeals,

and that function is exercisable in relation to Wales.

(7)In this section—

  • local authority” means any of the following—

    (a)

    a county council;

    (b)

    a county borough council;

    (c)

    a community council;

  • local authority measure” means anything a local authority in Wales may do in the exercise of its functions (including deciding not to exercise a power)..

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Textual Amendments

82Repeal of previous reporting obligationU.K.

Section 2 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19) (annual report on greenhouse gas emissions) is repealed.

83Guidance on reportingU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State must publish guidance on the measurement or calculation of greenhouse gas emissions to assist the reporting by persons on such emissions from activities for which they are responsible.

(2)The guidance must be published not later than 1st October 2009.

(3)The Secretary of State may from time to time publish revisions to guidance under this section or revised guidance.

(4)Before publishing guidance under this section or revisions to it, the Secretary of State must consult the other national authorities.

(5)Guidance under this section and revisions to it may be published in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

84Report on contribution of reporting to climate change objectivesU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State must—

(a)review the contribution that reporting on greenhouse gas emissions may make to the achievement of the objectives of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in relation to climate change, and

(b)lay a report before Parliament setting out the conclusions of that review.

(2)The report must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st December 2010.

(3)In complying with this section the Secretary of State must consult the other national authorities.

85Regulations about reporting by companiesU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State must, not later than 6th April 2012—

(a)make regulations under section 416(4) of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) requiring the directors' report of a company to contain such information as may be specified in the regulations about emissions of greenhouse gases from activities for which the company is responsible, or

(b)lay before Parliament a report explaining why no such regulations have been made.

(2)Subsection (1)(a) is complied with if regulations are made containing provision in relation to companies, and emissions, of a description specified in the regulations.

86Report on the civil estateU.K.

(1)It is the duty of the [F10Minister for the Cabinet Office] to lay before Parliament in respect of each year, beginning with the year 2008, a report containing an assessment of the progress made in the year towards improving the efficiency and contribution to sustainability of buildings that are part of the civil estate.

(2)The report must, in particular, include an assessment of the progress made in the year to which it relates towards—

(a)reducing the size of the civil estate, and

(b)ensuring that buildings that become part of the civil estate fall within the top quartile of energy performance.

(3)If a building that does not fall within the top quartile of energy performance becomes part of the civil estate in the year to which the report relates, the report must state the reasons why the building has nevertheless become part of the civil estate.

(4)A report under this section must be laid before Parliament not later than 1st June in the year following the year to which it relates.

(5)In this section “building” means a building that uses energy for heating or cooling the whole or any part of its interior.

(6)For the purposes of this section, a building is part of the civil estate if it is—

(a)used for the purposes of central government administration, and

(b)of a description of buildings for which, at the passing of this Act, the Treasury has responsibilities in relation to efficiency and sustainability.

(7)The [F11Minister for the Cabinet Office] may by order provide for buildings of a specified description to be treated as being, or as not being, part of the civil estate for the purposes of this section.

(8)Any such order is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

87Power of Ministers and departments to offset greenhouse gas emissionsU.K.

(1)An authority to which this section applies may acquire and dispose of units or interests in units representing—

(a)a reduction in an amount of greenhouse gas emissions,

(b)the removal of an amount of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, or

(c)an amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed under a scheme or arrangement imposing a limit on such emissions.

(2)This section applies to—

(a)any Minister of the Crown or government department;

(b)the Scottish Ministers;

(c)the Welsh Ministers;

(d)any Northern Ireland department.

(3)If the Treasury acquire such units or interests in units, until they are disposed of they shall be treated as held by the persons for the time being constituting the Treasury.

88Fines for offences relating to pollutionE+W

(1)In section 105(2) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16) (which postpones the increase by subsection (1)(b) in maximum fines under regulations under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24) pending the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)), for “Subsection (1)” substitute “ Subsection (1)(a) ”.

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