Introductory text

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Climate Change

Made 2023

Coming into force 31st May 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2A(1) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009^f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 2A(3) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have had regard to the target-setting criteria^f2 and the most up-to-date advice they have received from the relevant body^f3.

In accordance with section 96(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by the resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2009 asp 12. Section 2A of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) was inserted by section 4 of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15) (“the 2019 Act”).
f2: Section 2B of the 2009 Act defines the “target-setting criteria” for the purposes of that Act. Section 2B was inserted by section 5 of the 2019 Act.
f3: Section 20(A) of the 2009 Act defines the “relevant body” for the purposes of Part 1 of the 2009 Act. Section 20A was inserted by paragraph 5 of the schedule of the 2019 Act.