Regulation 15 Amendment of Article 15

(1)

Article 15 (review and report) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

for the words from “Commission” to “Council” substitute “Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report”;

(b)

for the words from “European Union” to the end of the sentence, substitute “United Kingdom’s target of achieving net-zero green-house gas emissions by 2050”.

(3)

In paragraph 2, in point (e) omit “as well as the geographical situation of Member States”.

(4)

In paragraph 4—

(a)

in the first sentence—

(i)

for “Commission shall” substitute “Secretary of State must”;

(ii)

for “all affected Member States” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(b)

for the second sentence substitute—

“The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision to that effect by 31 December 2027.”.

(5)

In paragraph 5—

(a)

in the first sentence—

(i)

for “Commission shall” substitute “Secretary of State must”;

(ii)

for “Union”, both times it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b)

for the second sentence substitute—

“The Secretary of State must lay a report containing that evaluation before Parliament and may by regulations make provision for follow-up measures.”.