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RestrictStartDate="2024-08-24"><Number><Strong>Part 6</Strong></Number><Title>Miscellaneous and supplementary</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/part/6/crossheading/consultation-with-welsh-ministers" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/part/6/crossheading/consultation-with-welsh-ministers" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-6-crossheading-consultation-with-welsh-ministers" RestrictStartDate="2018-04-01"><Title><Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">Consultation with Welsh Ministers</Addition></Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2018-04-01"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">Renewable energy incentive schemes</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A" id="section-148A"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">148A</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/1" id="section-148A-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">The Secretary of State must consult the Welsh Ministers before—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/1/a" id="section-148A-1-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">establishing a renewable energy incentive scheme that applies in Wales, or</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/1/b" id="section-148A-1-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">amending such a scheme as it relates to Wales.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/2" id="section-148A-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">Subsection (1) does not apply to amendments that appear to the Secretary of State to be minor or made only for technical or administrative reasons; and the Secretary of State is not to be taken to establish or amend a scheme by exercising a power under a scheme, other than a power that is exercisable subject to any parliamentary procedure.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/3" id="section-148A-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">Subsection (1) does not require the Secretary of State to consult the Welsh Ministers about any levy in connection with a renewable energy incentive scheme.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4" id="section-148A-4"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">4</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">In this section a  “</Addition><Term><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">"renewable energy incentive scheme”</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">” means any scheme, whether statutory or otherwise, that provides an incentive to generate, or facilitate the generation of, electricity or heat from sources of energy other than fossil fuel or nuclear fuel. This includes provision made by or under the following so far as they relate to the generation of electricity or heat from sources of energy other than fossil fuel or nuclear fuel—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/a" id="section-148A-4-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">sections 6 to 26 of the Energy Act 2013 (contracts for difference);</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/b" id="section-148A-4-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">sections 41 to 43 of the Energy Act 2008 (feed-in tariffs for small-scale generation of electricity);</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/c" id="section-148A-4-c"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">c</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">section 100 of that Act (renewable heat incentives);</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/148A/4/d" id="section-148A-4-d"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">d</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d-1529580801546" CommentaryRef="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d">sections 32 to 32Z2 of the Electricity Act 1989 (renewables obligations or certificate purchase obligations).</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-638d66bb3e4588ad94b7bfe5c9bc810d" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 148A and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2018) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4" id="c0as3qi23-00183" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2017" Number="4" Title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017 (c. 4)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0as3qi23-00183" id="c0as3qi23-00184" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4/section/55/1" SectionRef="section-55-1" Operative="true">ss. 55(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0as3qi23-00183" id="c0as3qi23-00185" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4/section/71/4" SectionRef="section-71-4">71(4)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0as3qi23-00183" id="c0as3qi23-00186" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4/schedule/7/paragraph/1" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-1">Sch. 7 paras. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0as3qi23-00183" id="c0as3qi23-00187" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4/schedule/7/paragraph/6" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-6">6</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1179" id="c0as3qi23-00188" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2017" Number="1179" Title="The Wales Act 2017 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2017">S.I. 2017/1179</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0as3qi23-00188" id="c0as3qi23-00189" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1179/regulation/3/l" SectionRef="regulation-3-l">reg. 3(l)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>