Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2987

The Sustainable Energy (CHP Provisions) Order 2003

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 2987

ENERGY, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Sustainable Energy (CHP Provisions) Order 2003

	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 2003[1] hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1. - (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 2003(a).

Definition of the government for the purposes of section 5
    2.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.

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

Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

19th November 2003

SCHEDULEArticle 2

    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

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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.

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Notes:

[1] 2003 c. 30.back

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ISBN 0 11 048358 8

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