Climate Change Act 2008

80Report on climate change: WalesU.K.

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

(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 β€œWales” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).