Regulation 2 Amendment of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

In section A2(5) (Scottish carbon budgets and associated concepts), for “by virtue of regulations under section A4” substitute “in section A2A”.

After section A2 insert—

“Scottish carbon budgets: 2026 to 2045

A2A

(1)

The Scottish carbon budget for the period in column 1 of the following table is the corresponding proportion of the budget-relevant baseline in column 2—

Column 1 Scottish carbon budget period	Column 2 Proportion of budget-relevant baseline
2026 to 2030	43%
2031 to 2035	31%
2036 to 2040	20%
2041 to 2045	6%

(2)

In subsection (1), “budget-relevant baseline” means the baseline multiplied by the number of years comprising the period in column 1.”.