1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Climate Change (International Aviation and International Shipping) (Wales) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2. In these Regulations —
“the Act“ (“y Ddeddf”) means the Environment (Wales) Act 2016; and
“UK greenhouse gas inventory” (“rhestr nwyon tŷ gwydr y DU”) means the UK’s annual report to the Conference of the Parties submitted under articles 4 and 12 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed in New York on 9 May 1992.
3. The Welsh Ministers must apply Schedule 1 to calculate what emissions of greenhouse gases from international aviation are Welsh emissions for the purposes of section 34(2) of the Act for —
(a)the year that is the baseline year for that gas, and
(b)every calendar year between 2016-2050.
4. The Welsh Ministers must apply Schedule 2 to calculate what emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping are Welsh emissions for the purposes of section 34(2) of the Act for —
(a)the year that is the baseline year for that gas, and
(b)every calendar year between 2016-2050.
Lesley Griffiths
Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
5 December 2018