SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Climate change levy: exemptions for mineralogical and metallurgical processes etc

PART 2Other provision

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1

Paragraph 146 (regulations and orders) is amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (3) omit “Parliament”.

3

After sub-paragraph (3) insert—

3A

A statutory instrument that contains (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under paragraph 12A(5) that remove a process (in whole or in part) from the scope of the definition of “mineralogical process” shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

3B

A statutory instrument that contains (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under paragraph 12A(6) that—

a

remove a description, or

b

modify a description so as to narrow its scope,

shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.