Clause 5
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
3:30 pm
This clause, intended to replace Clause 5 of the Bill, requires amendments to the GPDO to grant permitted development rights for wind turbines and air source heat pumps within 6 months of the Bill’s coming into force. It also requires a review of these amendments after 2 years.
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).’.