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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111008898",
  "legislation_title": "The Climate Change (Limit on Carbon Units) (Scotland) Order 2010",
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  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Carbon units that do not count towards the limit",
  "text": "(1) The following carbon units do not count towards the limit in article 2:—\n(a) carbon units credited to or debited from the net Scottish emissions account in accordance with regulation 8 (crediting and debiting of carbon units to the net Scottish emissions account in connection with the EU Emission Trading Scheme) of the 2010 Regulations; and\n(b) European Union allowances which are acquired by the administrator of a trading scheme established in accordance with Part 3 (trading schemes) of the Climate Change Act 2008.\n(2) In paragraph (1) “European Union allowance” has the meaning given by regulation 4(3) (carbon units) of the 2010 Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c.27."
    }
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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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