Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2010 No.
Climate Change
The Climate Change (Annual Targets) (Scotland) Order 2010
Made 2010
Coming into force 2010

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
2009 asp 12.
In accordance with section 96(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Before the draft was so laid, the Scottish Ministers requested the advice of the relevant body in accordance with section 5(1) of that Act.
In terms of section 5(7)(a) and (8) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 Act ( “2009 Act”) the relevant body is the UK Committee on Climate Change.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Climate Change (Annual Targets) (Scotland) Order 2010 and comes into force on the day after the day it is made.

2 Annual targets for the period 2010-2022
The annual targets expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent for the period 2010-2022 are as follows:—
(a) the annual target for 2010 is 55,913,000;
(b) the annual target for 2011 is 55,633,000;
(c) the annual target for 2012 is 55,355,000;
(d) the annual target for 2013 is 50,301,000;
(e) the annual target for 2014 is 48,903,000;
(f) the annual target for 2015 is 47,495,000;
(g) the annual target for 2016 is 46,117,000;
(h) the annual target for 2017 is 44,747,000;
(i) the annual target for 2018 is 43,384,000;
(j) the annual target for 2019 is 42,012,000;
(k) the annual target for 2020 is 40,607,000;
(l) the annual target for 2021 is 39,388,000; and
(m) the annual target for 2022 is 38,206,000.
A “tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent” is defined in section 18(2) of the 2009 Act.
    Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order implements the requirement imposed by section 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) for the Scottish Ministers to make an order setting annual targets for the maximum amount of the net Scottish emissions account for each year in the period 2010-2022.
The Scottish Ministers requested advice from the relevant body (the UK Committee on Climate Change (UKCCC)) as required by section 5(1) of the 2009 Act. The UKCCC advice is set out in “Scotland’s path to a low carbon economy” dated February 2010, and available at http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/scottish-report.
Article 2 of the Order sets the annual target for each year for the period 2010-2022.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced in relation to this Order as it has no direct impact on businesses, charities or the voluntary sector.