Administrative Order No. 171-A




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Administrative Order No. 171-A, August 15, 2007 ] AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 171, SERIES OF 2007 WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 171, dated February 20, 2007 created the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change (PTFCC); NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Administration Order No. 171, dated February 20, 2007, as follows: Section 1. Section 2 is hereby amended, to read as follows: “Section 2. Composition – The PTFCC shall be composed, of the Secretary of Energy as Chair, the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources as Vice-Chair, with, the Secretaries of Science and Technology, Agriculture, Interior and Local Government, and. Education, the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education with two (2) representatives from the private sector/civil society as members. The representatives from the private sector/civil society shall be appointed, by the President.” Section 2. Section 6 is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 6. Budgetary Support. – The PTFCC shall source its budget from unprogrammed funds of the DOE, and/or as may be recommended and/or approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DEM). Starting budgetary year 2008, its operating budget shall be incorporated in the budgetary allocation of the DOE.” Section 3. Repeal. – All administrative orders, rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with Administrative Order, are hereby revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.1aшphi1 Section 4. Effectivity. – This Administrative Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days alter its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation. DONE, in the City of Manila, this 15th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand, and Seven. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation