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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009-commencement-no-1-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/341",
  "legislation_title": "The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009-commencement-no-1-order-2009",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for three different dates for various provisions of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”) to come into force.\nUnder article 2(2) of the Order, the provisions of the Act listed in the following table come into force on 31st October 2009.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nProvisions of the Act\nSubject Matter\nSections 1 to 8\nSetting of 2050, interim, annual and domestic effort targets\nSection 9\nProgress towards targets\nSection 10\nGreenhouse gases\nSections 11 and 12\nThe baseline\nSection 13 to 23\nSupplementary\nSection 24\nMeaning of advisory body\nSection 26\nApplication of sections 27 to 32 and 56 (which have effect only from the date when an order is made by the Scottish Ministers designating an advisory body under section 24(1))\nSections 33 to 43\nReporting duties\nSections 53 to 55\nAdaptation programmes\nSection 57\nDuty to produce a land use strategy\nSection 58\nVariation of permitted times for making muirburn\nSection 59\nPower to modify functions of Forestry Commissioners\nSections 60 to 62\nPromotion of energy efficiency and renewable heat\nSection 74\nDuty of Scottish Water to promote water conservation and water–use efficiency\nSections 75 to 77\nThe Scottish civil estate\nSections 78 to 90\nWaste reduction and recycling\nSection 91\nPublic engagement\nSection 92\nSustainable development\nSection 93\nEqual opportunities\nSection 94\nImpact of budget proposals on emissions\nSection 95\nCrown application\nSection 97\nSubordinate legislation: pre-laying procedure\nSection 98\nInterpretation\nSection 99\nMinor and consequential modifications (but only in relation to paragraphs 1, 2 and 7 of schedule 2)\nParagraphs 1, 2 and 7 of schedule 2\nMinor and consequential modifications\nUnder article 2(3) of the Order, the provisions of the Act listed in the following table come into force on 1st April 2010.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nProvisions of the Act\nSubject Matter\nSection 63\nNon–domestic buildings: assessment of energy performance and emissions\nSection 64\nLiving accommodation: assessment of energy performance and emissions\nSections 65 to 67\nEnergy efficiency discount schemes\nSection 68\nClimate change burdens\nSection 69\nTenement Management Scheme: definition of “maintenance”\nSection 71\nMicrogeneration in non-domestic buildings\nSection 72\nDevelopment plans: inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions policies\nSection 73\nAnnual report on operation of section 72\nUnder article 2(4) of the Order, sections 44 to 52 (duties of public bodies relating to climate change) of the Act come into force on 1st January 2011.\nThe Act received Royal Assent on 4th August 2009. Sections 96 and 100 came into force on Royal Assent. Section 70 came into force on the day after Royal Assent.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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