# The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021

S.S.I. 2021/318 · made 14 September 2021

These Regulations amend the Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”). The 2010 Regulations make provision about carbon units and carbon accounting for the purposes of Part 1 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

Made under: Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Section 20)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2021/pdf/ssi_20210318_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2021/pdf/ssipn_20210318_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Climate Change
Made 14th September 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th September 2021
Coming into force 10th November 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 20(1) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 10 November 2021.

## 2 Amendment of the Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010

(1) The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “registry administrator” substitute—
““registry administrator” means the national administrator for the UK Registry specified in Article 3(2)(k) of the Registries Regulation,”.

## Signature

MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th September 2021

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”). The 2010 Regulations make provision about carbon units and carbon accounting for the purposes of Part 1 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
These Regulations amend the definition of “registry administrator” in regulation 2 of the 2010 Regulations in consequence of amendments made by regulation 4(2) of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/511).

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