Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

[F1 35A Climate change plan: further procedure S

(1) The Scottish Ministers must, before laying a climate change plan under section 35 before the Scottish Parliament—

(a) lay a draft of the plan before the Parliament for a period of 120 days, of which no fewer than 60 must be days on which the Parliament is not dissolved or in recess, and

(b) have regard to—

(i) any representations on the draft plan made to them,

(ii) any views on the draft plan set out by the relevant body in a report under section 9(1)(d),

(iii) any resolution relating to the draft plan passed by the Parliament, and

(iv) any report relating to the draft plan published by any committee of the Parliament for the time being appointed by virtue of standing orders.

(2) The Scottish Ministers must, when laying a climate change plan under section 35 before the Parliament, lay a statement setting out—

(a) details of any representations, views, resolutions or reports mentioned in subsection (1)(b),

(b) the changes (if any) they have made to the plan in response to such representations, views, resolutions or reports and the reasons for those changes.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 35-35C and cross-heading substituted for s. 35 (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 24(1), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2