[F113APermitted use of carbon units purchased by the Scottish MinistersS
(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations set a limit representing the maximum amount of carbon units purchased by them that may be credited to the net Scottish emissions account for a year.
(2)A limit set in regulations under subsection (1) for a target year must not exceed an amount which represents 20% of the planned reduction in the net Scottish emissions account for that year.
(3)The planned reduction in the net Scottish emissions account for a target year is the difference between the following amounts, both being calculated immediately before the regulations under subsection (1) are made—
(a)the minimum amount by which the emissions reduction target for the target year requires the net Scottish emissions account to be lower than the baseline, and
(b)the minimum amount by which the emissions reduction target for the immediately preceding year requires the net Scottish emissions account to be lower than the baseline.
(4)Regulations under subsection (1) may set a limit only for a year—
(a)in respect of which the Scottish Ministers have not yet reported on under section 33, and
(b)which ends no more than 10 years after the year in which the regulations come into force.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 13A inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 15(1), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2