UK Act of Parliament 2022 United Kingdom

Subsidy Control Act 2022

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9 compliance obligations, 4 practical guides across 3 topics · 6 journeys

Who this Act binds

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  • Any Person 2

Plus 7 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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Relevant guidance

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4 guides

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What this Act requires

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Part 1 — Overview and key interpretation

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Part 2 — Subsidy control requirements

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Subsidy database

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must maintain a public subsidy database Crown / Minister / Government department
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Part 3 — Exemptions

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Part 4 — CMA: referrals and functions

s.066

CMA annual report

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • CMA must publish annual report detailing subsidy reviews Statutory regulator
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Subsidy Advice Unit

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • CMA must establish the Subsidy Advice Unit Statutory regulator
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Part 5 — Enforcement

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Part 6 — Miscellaneous and general

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Schedules

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Common interest

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Proportionate and necessary

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Design to change economic behaviour of beneficiary

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Costs that would be funded anyway

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Least distortive means of achieving policy objective

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Competition and investment within the United Kingdom

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Beneficial effects to outweigh negative effects

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Aim of subsidies in relation to energy and environment

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Subsidies not to relieve beneficiary from liabilities as a polluter

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Subsidies for electricity generation adequacy, renewable energy or cogeneration

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Subsidies for electricity generation adequacy may be limited to installations...

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Subsidies for renewable energy or cogeneration shall not affect beneficiaries’...

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Subsidies in the form of partial exemptions from energy-related taxes and levies

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Subsidies in the form of compensation for increases in electricity costs

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Subsidies for the decarbonisation of emissions linked to industrial activities

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Subsidies for improvements of the energy efficiency of industrial activities

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Introductory

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Recovery orders

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Pre-action information

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Time limits

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(1) In this Schedule— “appropriate authority” means— in relation to...

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(1) The definition of “subsidy” in section 2 applies for...

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In this Schedule references to a subsidy provided by means...

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In this Schedule— (a) references to a subsidy provided by...

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Application of principles

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Prohibitions etc and exemptions

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Transparency

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CMA referrals

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CMA

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