Part 6General and miscellaneous

98Interpretation

In this Act—

additional greenhouse gas” has the meaning given by section 12(2);

advisory body” has the meaning given by section 24(2);

advisory functions” has the meaning given by section 24(3);

annual target” has the meaning given by section 3(3);

authorised person” has the meaning given by section 80(5);

baseline” has the meaning given by section 11(1);

baseline year” means—

(a)

in relation to a greenhouse gas mentioned in subsection (2) of section 11, the year mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or, as the case may be, (e) of that subsection;

(b)

in relation to an additional greenhouse gas, any year designated by virtue of section 12(3);

carbon unit” has the meaning given by section 20(4);

climate change duties” has the meaning given by section 44(4);

Committee” means the Scottish Committee on Climate Change;

deposit and return scheme” means a scheme established by virtue of section 84(1);

domestic effort target” has the meaning given by section 8(2);

emissions” has the meaning given by section 17(1);

energy efficiency” has the meaning given by section 60(9);

greenhouse gas” has the meaning given by section 10(1);

interim target” has the meaning given by section 2(2);

international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section 19;

local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39);

monitoring body” has the meaning given by section 47(2);

net Scottish emissions” has the meaning given by section 17(1);

net Scottish emissions account” has the meaning given by section 13(1);

packaging” has the meaning given by section 83(4);

“public body” (except in Part 4 and section 93) has the meaning given by section 24(5);

relevant body” has the meaning given by section 5(7);

relevant public body” has the meaning given by section 44(5);

recycling” has the meaning given by section 78(4);

renewable sources” has the meaning given by section 60(9);

Scottish Committee on Climate Change” has the meaning given by section 25(2);

Scottish emissions” has the meaning given by section 17(1);

Scottish removals” has the meaning given by section 17(1);

SEPA” has the meaning given by section 79(6);

target year” means a year for which an annual target has been set;

target-setting criteria” means the matters mentioned in section 4(4)(b) to (j);

the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43);

the 2008 Act” means the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27);

the 2050 target” has the meaning given by section 1(2);

UK Committee on Climate Change” has the meaning given by section 5(8);

waste” has the meaning given by section 78(4).