Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

86 Power to establish scheme administrator

(1) The Scottish Ministers may, by order, establish a body to be a scheme administrator of a deposit and return scheme established by virtue of section 84(1).

(2) A body established under subsection (1) is to be a body corporate.

(3) The body may do anything which appears to it—

(a) to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of its functions in relation to a deposit and return scheme;

(b) to be conducive to the exercise of those functions.

(4) In particular, the body may—

(a) enter into contracts;

(b) with the agreement of the Scottish Ministers, borrow money;

(c) charge, in respect of the exercise of its functions in relation to a deposit and return scheme, such reasonable amounts as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

(5) An order under subsection (1) may in particular include provision about—

(a) the status and constitution of the body;

(b) the status of the members and any employees of the body;

(c) the remuneration, allowances and pensions of such members and such employees;

(d) the conferral of functions on the body;

(e) the keeping by the body of accounts and accounting records.