Part 1 SEmissions reduction targets

[F1 The interim targets] S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 2 and cross-heading substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 3, 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2

[F1 2The interim targets S

(1) The Scottish Ministers must ensure that the net Scottish emissions account for the year—

(a) 2020 is at least [F2 48.5%] lower than the baseline,

(b) 2030 is at least 75% lower than the baseline, and

(c) 2040 is at least 90% lower than the baseline.

(2) In this Act, each target set out in subsection (1) is known as an “interim target”.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in s. 2(1)(a) substituted (31.5.2023) by The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Interim Target) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/164), regs. 1, 2