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International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 5 Cited in Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2015 c. 12
(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the target for official development assistance (referred to in this Act as “ODA”) to amount to 0.7% of gross national income (in this Act referred to as “the 0.7% target”) is met by the United Kingdom in the year 2015 and each subsequent calendar year.(2) Whether the 0.7% target has been met by the United Kingdom in any year is to be determined for the purposes of this Act by reference to the amounts specified for that year in an annual report (in particular, the percentage specified in accordance with paragraph 1(h) of the Schedule to the 2006 Act) .(3) In this Act—(1) If an annual report laid before Parliament in the year 2016 or any subsequent calendar year shows that the 0.7% target has not been met in the report year, the Secretary of State must, as soon as reasonably practicable after laying the report, lay before Parliament a statement complying with subsections (3) and (4) .the report is revised under section 1(4) of the 2006 Act by a subsequent annual report, andthe effect of the revision is to show that the 0.7% target was not met in the report year,economic circumstances

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