60 Apportionment of targets

60  Apportionment of targets

(1)     The Utilities Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2)     Section 103 (overall carbon emissions reduction targets) is amended as follows.

(3)     After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)     Where an overall target applies in relation to a section mentioned in subsection (1) the order specifying the target may make provision for the target to be apportioned between—

(a)     measures carried out in England and Wales, and

(b)     measures carried out in Scotland,

by reference to such criteria as may be specified in the order.”

(4)     After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)     Where a target is apportioned under subsection (2A) for the purposes of a section, an order under that section may include provision for a supplier to elect, subject to any conditions specified in the order—

(a)     that, for the purposes of meeting the carbon emissions reduction target under an obligation imposed by the order in relation to England and Wales, a measure carried out in

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