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Recommendation 17
17
Deferred
Paragraph: 77
Publish proposed regulations urgently and clear timetable for affirmative procedure legislation.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government publish its proposed suite of regulations as a matter of urgency. Where regulations are to be subject to the affirmative procedure, Ministers must publish a clear timetable for drafts to be laid, approved by both Houses and brought into force, to allow those businesses likely to be within the scope of the regulations sufficient time to prepare.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agreed with the committee regarding the IPLC Forest Tenure Pledge and detailed existing and new Official Development Assistance (ODA) programs to strengthen IPLC forest tenure rights and capacity, but did not commit to publishing regulations or a timetable for Schedule 17.
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Paragraph Reference:
77
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
parliamentary time allows. Once made, organisations in scope of regulation will have a grace period to prepare before the beginning of the first reporting period, which is when the due diligence requirements will enter into force. Organisations in scope of regulation whose use of a regulated commodity or derived product does not exceed the annual threshold of 500 tonnes will be eligible to submit a notice of an exemption from the due diligence requirements. Further guidance on submitting an exemption will be published alongside the legislation.
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