1Duty to meet United Nations 0.7% target from 2015U.K.
(1)It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the target for official development assistance (referred to in this Act as “ODA”) to amount to 0.7% of gross national income (in this Act referred to as “the 0.7% target”) is met by the United Kingdom in the year 2015 and each subsequent calendar year.
(2)Whether the 0.7% target has been met by the United Kingdom in any year is to be determined for the purposes of this Act by reference to the amounts specified for that year in an annual report (in particular, the percentage specified in accordance with paragraph 1(h) of the Schedule to the 2006 Act).
(3)In this Act—
“the 2006 Act” means the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006;
“annual report” means an annual report under section 1 of the 2006 Act.