http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/131Energy Act 2013An Act to make provision for the setting of a decarbonisation target range and duties in relation to it; for or in connection with reforming the electricity market for purposes of encouraging low carbon electricity generation or ensuring security of supply; for the establishment and functions of the Office for Nuclear Regulation; about the government pipe-line and storage system and rights exercisable in relation to it; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement; about domestic supplies of gas and electricity; for extending categories of activities for which energy licences are required; for the making of orders requiring regulated persons to provide redress to consumers of gas or electricity; about offshore transmission of electricity during a commissioning period; for imposing fees in connection with certain costs incurred by the Secretary of State; about smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-30Expert Participation2024-10-01 PART 5 Strategy and Policy StatementDesignation of statement1311The Secretary of State may designate a statement as the strategy and policy statement for the purposes of this Part if the requirements set out in section 135 are satisfied (consultation and Parliamentary procedural requirements).2The strategy and policy statement is a statement prepared by the Secretary of State that sets out—athe strategic priorities, and other main considerations, of Her Majesty's government in formulating its energy policy for Great Britain (“strategic priorities”),bthe particular outcomes to be achieved as a result of the implementation of that policy (“policy outcomes”), andcthe roles and responsibilities of persons (whether the Secretary of State, the Authority , the Independent System Operator and Planner or other persons) who are involved in implementing that policy or who have other functions that are affected by it.3The Secretary of State must publish the strategy and policy statement (including any amended statement following a review under section 134) in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.4For the purposes of this section, energy policy “for Great Britain” includes such policy for—athe territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain, andbareas designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.5In this Part—the 1986 Act” means the Gas Act 1986; Independent System Operator and Planner” means the person for the time being designated under section 162(1) of the Energy Act 2023;policy outcomes” has the meaning given in subsection (2)(b);strategic priorities” has the meaning given in subsection (2)(a);the strategy and policy statement” means the statement for the time being designated under subsection (1) as the strategy and policy statement for the purposes of this Part.Words in s. 131(2)(c) inserted (31.1.2024) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 165(6)(a), 334(1); S.I. 2024/32, reg. 3(a)(ii)Words in s. 131(5) inserted (31.1.2024) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 165(6)(b), 334(1); S.I. 2024/32, reg. 3(a)(ii)
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the roles and responsibilities of persons (whether the Secretary of State, the Authority
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