PART 6Supplementary

Regulation-making powers: restrictions and considerations

55Regulations that specify a different baseline year or change a budgetary period

(1)

This section applies in relation to the making of regulations, under any provision of this Act, that—

(a)

specify a different baseline year for a greenhouse gas, or

(b)

change a budgetary period.

(2)

The Department may make such regulations only if it is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so as a result of significant developments in United Kingdom or international law or policy relating to climate change.