{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-climate-change-limit-on-use-of-carbon-units-scotland-order-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111032640",
  "legislation_title": "The Climate Change (Limit on Use of Carbon Units) (Scotland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-climate-change-limit-on-use-of-carbon-units-scotland-order-2016",
  "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 2016\nComing into force 2016\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(1) and (4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 23(1) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers, before laying a draft of this instrument before the Scottish Parliament, requested advice from the relevant body.\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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 asp 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of section 5(7)(a) and (8) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, the “relevant body” in section 23(1) of that Act means the Committee on Climate Change established under section 32 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 96(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
    }
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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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