Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation Bill

<p>The Bill would require the Secretary of State, having consulted 'such persons as he considers appropriate' to make regulations:</p><ul><li>to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons in equipment used in large shops within five years of the Bill becoming an Act </li><li>to specify a date by which the use of equipment using hydrofluorocarbons in other commercial premises must be ended. </li></ul><p>The Bill uses the definition of a 'large shop' contained in schedule 1 of the Sunday Trading Act 1994, which is a shop with a floor area exceeding 280 square metres.</p>