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(1) This Order may be cited as the Climate Change (Targeted Greenhouse Gases) Order 2023.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) Articles 2 and 3(2) come into force immediately after article 3(3) comes into force.
(4) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, except as provided in paragraphs (5) and (6).
(5) Article 4(1) does not extend to Northern Ireland.
(6) Article 4(2) extends to Northern Ireland only.
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Nitrogen trifluoride is designated as a targeted greenhouse gas for the purposes of section 24(1)(g) of the Climate Change Act 2008.
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(1) The Climate Change Act 2008 is amended as follows.
(2) In the table in section 25(1) (base years for targeted greenhouse gases other than CO2), after the entry relating to sulphur hexafluoride insert—“
nitrogen trifluoride 1995”.
(3) In section 92(1) (meaning of “greenhouse gas”), after paragraph (f) insert—“
(g) nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).”.
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(1) In the definition of “greenhouse gas” in paragraph 26 of the Schedule to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations 2021, for “section 92” substitute “section 92(1)(a) to (f)”.
(2) In the definition of “greenhouse gas” in paragraph 26 of the Schedule to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021, for “section 92” substitute “section 92(1)(a) to (f)”.
Graham Stuart
Minister of State for Energy and Climate
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2nd February 2023