# The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/261 · made 12 February 2002

This Order specifies functions of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 93(1) allows a Minister of the Crown to make arrangements for any of that Minister’s specified functions to be exercised on his or her behalf by the Scottish Ministers and allows the Scottish Ministers to make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.

Made under: Scotland Act 1998 (Section 93, Section 113)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-agency-arrangements-specification-order-2002/pdf/uksi_20020261_en.pdf

## Introductory text

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
Made 12th February 2002
Laid before Parliament 22nd February 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th February 2002
Coming into force 15th March 2002
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 2002
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93(3) and 113 of the Scotland Act 1998, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 15th March 2002.

## 2 Specification of functions

The functions of the Scottish Ministers described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.

## Signature

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

## FUNCTIONS OF THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS

The functions of preparing, by means of an emissions trading scheme, for the implementation of the UK’s obligations under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies functions of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 93(1) allows a Minister of the Crown to make arrangements for any of that Minister’s specified functions to be exercised on his or her behalf by the Scottish Ministers and allows the Scottish Ministers to make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.
The functions of the Scottish Ministers which are specified by the Order are the non-statutory functions of preparing, by means of an emissions trading scheme, for the implementation of the UK’s obligations under the Kyoto Protocol adopted on 11th December 1997 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was adopted on 9th May 1992 and came into force on 21st March 1994.

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