Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021

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Number 32 of 2021

CLIMATE ACTION AND LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2021

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation

2. Definitions

PART 2

Amendment of Principal Act

3. Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act

4. Limitation of liability

5. National climate objective

6. Climate action plan and national long term climate action strategy

7. Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act

8. Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act

9. Carbon budgets

10. Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act

11. Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act

12. Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act

13. Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

14. Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act

15. Climate reporting

16. Role of local authority

17. Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act

18. Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act

PART 3

Amendment of Other Acts

19. Amendment of section 10 of Planning and Development Act 2000

20. Amendment of section 37B of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007

21. Repeal of certain provisions of Act of 1960 and transitional provisions

22. Amendment of Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1954

Acts Referred to

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46)

Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1954 (No. 17)

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 (No. 33)

National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 (No. 7)

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 (No. 7)

Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)

Number 32 of 2021

CLIMATE ACTION AND LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2021

An Act to provide for the approval of plans by the Government in relation to climate change for the purpose of pursuing the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich and climate neutral economy by no later than the end of the year 2050 and to thereby promote climate justice, and just transition; to make certain changes to the Climate Change Advisory Council; to provide for carbon budgets and a sectoral emissions ceiling to apply to different sectors of the economy; to provide for reporting by Ministers of the Government to a joint committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas; to provide for local authority climate action plans; for those and other purposes to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 ; to provide that local authorities shall, when making development plans, take account of their climate action plans and, for that purpose to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 ; to extend the purposes for which moneys may be paid out of the Climate Action Fund and, for that purpose to amend the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 ; to provide for the repeal of certain provisions of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 ; to amend the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1954 to alter the borrowing powers of the Electricity Supply Board and its subsidiaries; and to provide for related matters.

[23rd July, 2021]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: