Clause 4
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
3:15 pm
This clause, intended to replace Clause 4 of the Bill, requires the Secretary of State to consider amending the GPDO to grant permitted development rights for microgeneration equipment on non-domestic land. The amendment requires the Secretary of State to take account of earlier consultations and also enables further consultation.
Amendment (a), in line 6, after subsection (2), insert—
‘(2A) The Secretary of State must, within two years of the coming into force of this section, bring forward proposals to introduce micro-hydro power, to be included in subsection (2).’.