{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-forestry-commissioners-climate-change-functions-scotland-order-2012-consequential-modifications-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111526705",
  "legislation_title": "The Forestry Commissioners (Climate Change Functions) (Scotland) Order 2012 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-forestry-commissioners-climate-change-functions-scotland-order-2012-consequential-modifications-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order modifies the Forestry Act 1967 in consequence of provision made by the Forestry Commissioners (Climate Change Functions) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/77) (“the 2012 Order”).\nThe 2012 Order (which was made under section 59 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12)) modified the functions of the Forestry Commissioners so that they can use land at their disposal in Scotland to help the Scottish Ministers in achieving their climate change targets.\nThis Order modifies the functions of the Commissioners further to allow them to generate, transmit, distribute, supply and use electricity produced from renewable sources where that helps achieve those targets.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111526705/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:25.256081+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}