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The Sustainable Energy (CHP Provisions) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/2987 · Made 19 November 2003

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ENERGY, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 19th November 2003

Laid before Parliament 20th November 2003

Coming into force 15th December 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 5(5)(a) and (b) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 30.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Definition of the government for the purposes of section 5
  3. 3Exclusions from the estimation of the amount of electricity that the government will use
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule
  6. 1Paragraph 1
  7. 2Paragraph 2
  8. 3Paragraph 3
  9. 4Paragraph 4
  10. 5Paragraph 5
  11. 6Paragraph 6
  12. 7Paragraph 7
  13. 8Paragraph 8
  14. 9Paragraph 9
  15. 10Paragraph 10
  16. 11Paragraph 11
  17. 12Paragraph 12
  18. 13Paragraph 13
  19. 14Paragraph 14
  20. 15Paragraph 15
  21. 16Paragraph 16
  22. 17Paragraph 17
  23. 18Paragraph 18
  24. 19Paragraph 19
  25. 20Paragraph 20
  26. 21Paragraph 21
  27. 22Paragraph 22
  28. 23Paragraph 23
  29. 24Paragraph 24
  30. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Sustainable Energy (CHP Provisions) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th December 2003.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Sustainable Energy Act 2003f1.

2Definition of the government for the purposes of section 5

For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the government departments and other bodies which together constitute “the government” are set out in the Schedule.

3Exclusions from the estimation of the amount of electricity that the government will use

For the purposes of any CHP target specified by the Secretary of State in a statement made pursuant to section 5(1) of the Act, there shall be excluded in the period specified in relation to that target from the estimation of the amount of electricity that the government will use, electricity used—

(a)

in circumstances where the premises in which it is used are outside England and Wales; or

(b)

by the following parts of the government—

(i)

the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces;

(ii)

the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency;

(iii)

the Information Technology Services Agency;

(iv)

the National Insurance Contributions Office;

(v)

the Invest in Britain Bureau;

(vi)

the National Savings;

(vii)

the Probation Service;

(viii)

the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency;

(ix)

the NHS Estates.

Signature

Whitty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

19th November 2003

1

Ministry of Defence

2

Cabinet Office

3

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

4

Department of Health

5

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

6

Department for Transport

7

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

8

Department for Education and Skills

9

Department for Work and Pensions

10

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

11

Department for International Development

12

Department of Trade and Industry

13

Home Office

14

Her Majesty’s Treasury

15

The Board of the Inland Revenue

16

Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise

17

The Export Credit Guarantee Department

18

Department for Constitutional Affairs

19

The Law Officers

20

Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers

21

Treasury Solicitor's

22

Serious Fraud Office

23

Crown Prosecution Service

24

Office for National Statistics

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order defines “the government” for the purposes of setting a CHP target pursuant to section 5(1) of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 for England and Wales. It also specifies the circumstances, and those parts of the government, to be excluded from the estimation of the amount of electricity that the government will use in the period specified in the target.

Article 2 defines “the government” as comprising those government departments and other bodies set out in the Schedule.

Article 3 specifies any premises being outside England and Wales as the circumstances in which, and the parts of the government whose, electricity use will be excluded from the estimation.