Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st July 2014.

Amendments to the Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012

2.  (1)  The Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 after the definition of "coating material", insert-

""data facility" means a room, or rooms sharing the same electricity supply circuit, occupied mainly or exclusively by computer equipment which is enabled to transfer data electronically, and where in respect of the room or rooms-

(3) In regulation 2 after the definition of "relevant commodities", insert-

""semi-processing" means debarking and sawing an unprocessed log;

"unprocessed log" means a log from which the branches have been removed, but to which no other processing has been applied;".

(4) At the end of the Schedule insert-

"37.  Where the business activity is the leasing or licensing of a data facility which is being used as a data centre.

38.  Where-

(a)an unprocessed log undergoes semi-processing ("a semi-processed log"); or

(b)a semi-processed log is kiln dried, graded, planed, shaped, or chemically treated where this occurs at the same installation or site where the log underwent semi-processing".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012 (S.I.2012/2999) by adding two new paragraphs to the Schedule to those regulations. These paragraphs add two new descriptions of relevant processes and activities carried out at an installation or a site for the purposes of determining whether or not the installation or site is a facility that is eligible for inclusion in a climate change agreement.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.