{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/3",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "The 2050 emissions target",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers must ensure that the net Welsh emissions account for the year 2050 is at least 100% lower than the baseline.\n(2) For the meaning of the “net Welsh emissions account” see section 33, and for the meaning of the “baseline” see section 38.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (1) so that it specifies a percentage greater than 80%.\n(4) In this Part, the target in subsection (1) is referred to as the “2050 emissions target”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 29(1) substituted (19.3.2021) by The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of 2050 Emissions Target) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/333), regs. 1(2), 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:15.783470+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}