Part 1Carbon target and budgeting
Alteration of budgets or budgetary periods
21Alteration of carbon budgets
1
An order setting the carbon budget for a period may not be revoked after the date by which a budget for the period was required to be set.
2
An order setting the carbon budget for a period may be amended after the date by which a budget for the period was required to be set only if it appears to the Secretary of State that, since the budget was originally set (or previously altered), there have been significant changes affecting the basis on which the previous decision was made.
3
An order setting the carbon budget for a period may be amended after the period has begun only if it appears to the Secretary of State that there have been such changes since the period began.
4
An order setting the carbon budget for a period may not be amended after the period has ended.
5
An order revoking or amending an order setting a carbon budget is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.