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Climate Change Act 2008

Final Provisions

Section 99: Extent

494.Apart from the sections and Schedules listed below, the Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom (for more information see the notes on territorial application above):

  • Sections 71 to 76, 81 and 88, and Schedule 5, extend to England and Wales only;

  • Section 77 and Schedule 6 extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only;

  • Section 79 and Schedule 8 extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.

Section 100: Commencement

495.This Act has been drafted so that the provisions will come into force as follows:

  • Part 1 (carbon target and budgeting), Part 2 (the Committee on Climate Change) and Part 6 (general supplementary provisions) come into force on Royal Assent;

  • section 71(1) and Schedule 5 (waste reduction schemes) come into force in accordance with sections 72 to 75 (which make provision about piloting such schemes);

  • section 81 (climate change measures reports in Wales) comes into force on a day to be appointed by the Welsh Ministers;

  • section 82 (repeal of previous reporting provision) comes into force on 1st January 2009 (so that the reporting requirements under section 2 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19) apply in 2008);

  • the rest of the Act comes into force two months after Royal Assent.

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