Part 1Emissions reduction targets
Supplementary
19International carbon reporting practice
F1(1)
In this Act, “international carbon reporting practice” means accepted practice in relation to reporting for the purposes of—
(a)
the protocols to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
(b)
such other agreements or arrangements at European or international level as the Scottish Ministers may, by order, specify.
F2(2)
The following definitions also apply for the purposes of this Act—
“current international carbon reporting practice” means the most up-to-date international carbon reporting practice,
“target-relevant international carbon reporting practice” means a practice which produces results which are consistent with those which would have been produced by using the international carbon reporting practice which was current at the later of—
(a)
30 June 2018, or
(b)
the date on which Scottish Ministers last received advice from the relevant body following a request under section 2C.