The Climate Change (Carbon Budgets) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Made: 5 December 2018

Coming into force: 6 December 2018

A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with section 48(3) of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 .

Before the draft was laid the Welsh Ministers obtained and took into account the advice of the Committee on Climate Change, in accordance with section 49(1) of the Act.

The Welsh Ministers, in accordance with section 32(1)(b) of the Act, are satisfied that the carbon budgets set out herein are consistent with meeting the 2050 emissions target.

In drafting these Regulations, in accordance with section 32(3), the Welsh Ministers have had regard to the matters listed at section 32(3) of the Act.

Accordingly, the Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by 31(1) of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, make the following Regulations.

Title and commencement

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is the Climate Change (Carbon Budgets) (Wales) Regulations 2018.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Carbon Budgets

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• (1) The carbon budget for the 2016 to 2020 budgetary period is limited to an average of 23% lower than the baseline.

• (2) The carbon budget for the 2021 to 2025 budgetary period is limited to an average of 37% lower than the baseline.

Signed

Lesley Griffiths — Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers — 2018-12-05

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 anaw 3.

Editorial notes

[^c23532801]: 2016 anaw 3.

[^key-ac960a1964296d5822de595f5499e0cb]: Word in reg. 2(2) substituted (19.3.2021) by The Climate Change (Carbon Budgets) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/332), regs. 1(2), 2