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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/3",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "The baseline",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, the “baseline” means the aggregate amount of net Welsh emissions of greenhouse gases for the baseline years.\n(2) The baseline year for each greenhouse gas is—\n(a) carbon dioxide: 1990;\n(b) methane: 1990;\n(c) nitrous oxide: 1990;\n(d) hydrofluorocarbons: 1995;\n(e) perfluorocarbons: 1995;\n(f) sulphur hexafluoride: 1995;\n(g) nitrogen trifluoride: 1995.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (2) to—\n(a) specify the baseline year for a greenhouse gas added by regulations under section 37(2);\n(b) modify the baseline year for a greenhouse gas.\n(4) The Welsh Ministers may make provision under subsection (3)(b) only if they are satisfied that it is appropriate to do so as a result of significant developments in EU or international law or policy relating to climate change.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/section/38",
    "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."
}