Clause 7
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
4:15 pm
Joan Ruddock (Minister of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change; Lewisham, Deptford, Labour)
Clause 7 sets out the extent of the Bill and is, therefore, very important.
Amendment 9 is technical, to correct the extent of the Bill. This is because—hon. Members may find this as surprising as I did—there is no legal jurisdiction called England. Members will be aware that clauses in relation to the microgeneration strategy and permitted development all apply to England only. The consequences are that we must make the technical amendment, but there is no doubt that in terms of the effect of the Bill, it gives us a microgeneration strategy and permitted development only in England.
We have dealt with amendment 8, bringing the provisions of the Act into force two months after Royal Assent.