Explanatory Notes

Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

2009 asp 12

4 August 2009

The Act

Part 1 – Emissions Reduction Targets

Carbon units and carbon accounting

44.Section 20 enables the Scottish Ministers to define “carbon unit” in regulations and provides them with the power by regulations to establish a scheme or use an existing scheme for the registering and tracking of carbon units and for establishing and maintaining accounts in which carbon units may be held.