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The Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2024

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Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 903

Climate Change

The Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2024

Made

4th September2024

Laid before Parliament

5th September 2024

Coming into force

14th October 2024

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 37(5) and 90(3)(a) of the Climate Change Act 2008(1).

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2024 and comes into force on 14th October 2024.

(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.

Extension of the period for the response to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2024 report

2.—(1) The Secretary of State’s response under section 37 of the Climate Change Act 2008 to the Committee’s(2) 2024 report must be laid before Parliament not later than 19th December 2024.

(2) In this article, the “Committee’s 2024 report” means the report of the Committee under section 36 of the Climate Change Act 2008 laid before Parliament on 18th July 2024(3).

Kerry McCarthy

Minister of State for Climate

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

4th September 2024

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 37 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27) (“the Act”) the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a response to the points raised by the report of the Committee on Climate Change (the “Committee”) under section 36 of the Act. This Order extends the period within which the Secretary of State must lay the response to the Committee’s 2024 report, changing the final day of that period from 15th October 2024 to 19th December 2024.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.

(2)

See section 32 of the Climate Change Act 2008 for definition of “the Committee”.

(3)

The Committee’s 2024 report is available at www.theccc.org.uk/publications.

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