Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 982
Climate Change
The Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2022
Made
22nd September 2022
Laid before Parliament
23rd September 2022
Coming into force
14th October 2022
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 37(5) and 90(3)(a) of the Climate Change Act 2008( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2022 and comes into force on 14th October 2022.
(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.
Extension of the period for the response to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2022 report
2. —(1) The Secretary of State’s response under section 37 of the Climate Change Act 2008 to the Committee’s( 2 ) 2022 report must be laid before Parliament not later than 31st March 2023.
(2) In this article, the “ Committee’s 2022 report ” means the report of the Committee under section 36 of the Climate Change Act 2008 laid before Parliament on 29th June 2022.
Graham Stuart
Minister of State for Climate
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
22nd September 2022
See section 32 of the Climate Change Act 2008 for definition of “the Committee”.