New Clause 37 - Commencement
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
6:15 pm
Malcolm Wicks (Minister for energy, Department of Trade and Industry; Croydon North, Labour)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Colleagues will be relieved to hear that I can be very brief. I propose that new clause 37 replace new clause 18, which has now been overtaken by events and which I therefore no longer intend to move. New clause 37 outlines the commencement periods for different clauses of the Bill. The majority of clauses will come into force two months after the Bill is passed, in line with convention. The reporting clauses that have been included on microgeneration energy, efficiency and residential accommodation, community energy projects and renewable heat will come into force on 1 January 2007 to fit in with existing governmental report cycles. The remaining clauses and schedules that deal with promotion of reductions in carbon emissions will commence by order of the Secretary of State.