
2024 No. 214
Climate Change
The Climate Change (2040 Emissions Target) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Laid before the Assembly in draft 
Made 11th December 2024
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 5(2) of the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.

Before being laid before the Assembly, the Department requested, and took into account, advice from the Committee on Climate Change, in accordance with section 56(2) of the Act.
Citation and commencement
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Climate Change (2040 Emissions Target) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on the day after the day on which they are made.
Setting of the target for 2040
2 
In section 3 of the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, for “in line with the target for the year 2050” substitute “at least 77% lower than the baseline”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 11th December 2024.
Jane Corderoy
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
