PART 3Reports and Statements against Targets and Budgets etc

Carbon budgets

35Proposals and policies: workforce, employers and communities

1

Each climate action plan must—

a

explain how the proposals and policies set out in the plan are expected to affect the workforce, employers and communities; and

b

include proposals and policies for supporting the workforce, employers and communities.

2

The explanation, proposals and policies included under subsection (1) must make particular reference to small businesses.

3

In subsection (2), a “small business” is a business that employs fewer than 50 persons.

4

The Department may by regulations amend subsection (3); and such regulations may define a small business by reference to such matters (or combination of matters) as the Department considers appropriate (including, in particular, the number of its employees, its turnover and its balance sheet).