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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-climate-change-additional-greenhouse-gas-scotland-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2015/9780111027394",
  "legislation_title": "The Climate Change (Additional Greenhouse Gas) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-climate-change-additional-greenhouse-gas-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nClimate Change\nMade\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(2)(a), 12(3) and 96(3) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 96(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nBefore the draft was so laid, the Scottish Ministers requested advice from the UK Committee on Climate Change in accordance with section 10(4) of that Act.\nIn accordance with section 10(3) of that Act, it appears to the Scottish Ministers that an agreement at international level recognises that the gas to be added to section 10(1) of that Act contributes to climate change.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 asp 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 96(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 10(4) requires that the Scottish Ministers must request advice from the relevant body. In terms of section 5(7)(a) and (8) the relevant body is the UK Committee on Climate Change."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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