{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2009/12",
  "legislation_title": "Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/climate-change-scotland-act-2009",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Scottish emissions and removals",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“emissions”, in relation to a greenhouse gas, means emissions of that gas into the atmosphere that are attributable to human activity;\n“Scottish emissions”, in relation to a greenhouse gas, means emissions of that gas which are attributable to Scotland;\n“Scottish removals”, in relation to a greenhouse gas, means removals of that gas from the atmosphere due to land use, land-use change or forestry activities in Scotland;\n“the net Scottish emissions” for a period, in relation to a greenhouse gas, means the amount of Scottish emissions of that gas for the period reduced by the amount of Scottish removals of that gas for the period.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may, if they consider it appropriate to do so, by order, modify the definition of Scottish removals in subsection (1).\n(3) The amount of Scottish emissions and Scottish removals of a greenhouse gas for a period must be determined, in so far as reasonably practicable, consistently with current international carbon reporting practice or, for the purposes of assessing and reporting in accordance with sections 33 and 34A, target-relevant international carbon reporting practice.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(3) substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 16(1), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17(3) substituted (23.11.2024) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 15), ss. 2(12), 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 31.10.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/341, art. 2(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:34.064396+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}