6C. (1) The Minister shall prepare, within the limits of the carbon budget, the maximum amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are permitted in different sectors of the economy during a budget period (in this Act referred to as a "sectoral emissions ceiling") and different ceilings may apply to different sectors.

(2) The sectors of the economy to which each sectoral emissions ceiling shall apply shall be determined from time to time by the Government.

(3) The Minister shall, when preparing a sectoral emissions ceiling, consult with such Ministers of the Government as he or she considers appropriate.

(4) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after a carbon budget takes effect under section 6B, finalise and submit each sectoral emissions ceiling to the Government for approval.

(5) The Government may—

(a) approve, or

(b) approve, subject to such modifications as they consider appropriate,

a sectoral emissions ceiling.

(6) Where a provisional carbon budget is amended under section 6B or a carbon budget is revised under section 6D, the Minister shall—

(a) consult with such Ministers of the Government as he or she considers appropriate, and

(b) revise, if appropriate, a sectoral emissions ceiling for the budget period concerned.

(7) Where the Minister revises a sectoral emissions ceiling under subsection (6)(b), he or she shall, as soon as may be, submit the revision to the sectoral emissions ceiling to the Government for approval.

(8) The Government may—

(a) approve, or

(b) approve, subject to such modifications as they consider appropriate,

the revision to the sectoral emissions ceiling.

(9) A Minister of the Government shall, in so far as practicable, in the performance of his or her functions, comply with the sectoral emissions ceiling that applies to the sector for which that Minister of the Government has responsibility.

(10) For the purposes of performing their respective functions under this section, the Minister and the Government shall have regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (n) of section 4(8).]