Part 2: Carbon dioxide capture, storage etc and hydrogen production, transport and storage Chapter 3: Strategy and Policy Statement Section 102: Procedural requirements
Section 102 establishes procedural and consultation requirements which the Secretary of State must observe in developing and publishing a strategy and policy statement for CCUS and before the Secretary of State may designate it. This follows a similar procedural precedent for designating a strategic and policy statement under Part 5 of the Energy Act 2013 and is also intended to enable a single strategy and policy statement which covers both energy and CCUS policy but relies on the powers in both the Energy Act 2013 and this Act, if appropriate.
	The consultation requirements under this provision apply to a strategy and policy statement before it is designated and in respect of any amendments that are proposed to a strategy and policy statement following a review under section 101. It is the Government’s intention that for an initial strategy and policy statement, and for subsequent material amendments that may be proposed as a result of the review process set out in section 101, that in addition to the required consultees set out at section 102(4), further consultation as provided for at section 102(5)(b) would follow the Government’s consultation principles. 1