9Consultation on carbon budgetsU.K.
(1)Before laying before Parliament a draft of a statutory instrument containing an order under section 8 (order setting carbon budget), the Secretary of State must—
(a)take into account the advice of the Committee on Climate Change under section 34 (advice in connection with carbon budgets), and
(b)take into account any representations made by the other national authorities.
(2)The Secretary of State may proceed to lay such a draft statutory instrument before Parliament without having received a national authority's representations if the authority does not provide them before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date the Committee's advice was sent to the authority.
(3)At the same time as laying such a draft statutory instrument before Parliament, the Secretary of State must publish a statement setting out whether and how the order takes account of any representations made by the other national authorities.
(4)If the order sets the carbon budget at a different level from that recommended by the Committee, the Secretary of State must also publish a statement setting out the reasons for that decision.
(5)A statement under this section may be published in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.