Part 1Emissions reduction targets
Advice on progress
9Progress towards targets
1
The Scottish Ministers must in each year, beginning with the year 2011, request the relevant body to prepare a report setting out that body’s views on—
a
progress towards achievement of—
i
annual targets;
ii
the interim target;
iii
the 2050 target;
b
whether the annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target are likely to be achieved;
c
any further effort which may be necessary to achieve annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target.
2
No later than the end of the second year following a year for which an annual target has been set (a “target year”), the Scottish Ministers must request the relevant body to prepare a report setting out that body’s views on—
a
whether the annual target for the target year was met;
b
whether the domestic effort target was met in that target year;
c
the ways in which those targets were or were not met;
d
the action taken by the Scottish Ministers to reduce net Scottish emissions during that year.
3
The Scottish Ministers must lay a response to the relevant body’s report under this section before the Scottish Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after they receive that body’s report.