98InterpretationS
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);
[F1“annual target” has the meaning given by section 3(6),]
“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;
[F2“current international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section 19(2),]
“deposit and return scheme” means a scheme established by virtue of section 84(1);
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“emissions” has the meaning given by section 17(1);
[F4“emissions reduction target” means—
(a)an annual target,
(b)an interim target, or
(c)the net-zero emissions target,]
“energy efficiency” has the meaning given by section 60(9);
[F5“fair and safe Scottish emissions budget” has the meaning given by section 2B(2),]
“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 [F619(1)];
[F7“just transition principles” has the meaning given by section 35C(1),]
“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” [F8is to be construed in accordance with] section 17(1);
“net Scottish emissions account” has the meaning given by section 13(1);
[F9“net-zero emissions target” has the meaning given by section A1(1),]
[F9“net-zero emissions target year” has the meaning given by section A1(2),]
“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 [F1020A(1)];
“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);
[F11“target year” means a year for which an emissions reduction target has been set,]
[F12“target-relevant international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section 19(2),]
“target-setting criteria” means the matters mentioned in section [F132B(1)];
“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43);
“the 2008 Act” means the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27);
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“UK Committee on Climate Change” has the meaning given by section [F1520A(2)];
[F16“United Nations sustainable development goals” means the goals set out in “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development” adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/Res/70/1 of 25 September 2015,]
“waste” has the meaning given by section 78(4).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(2), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F2Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(3), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F3Words in s. 98 repealed (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), s. 32(2), sch. para. 14(a); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F4Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(4), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F5Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(5), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F6Word in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(6), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F7Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(7), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F8Words in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), s. 32(2), sch. para. 14(c)(i); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F9Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(8), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F10Word in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), s. 32(2), sch. para. 14(c)(ii); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F11Words in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(9), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F12Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(10), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F13Word in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), s. 32(2), sch. para. 14(c)(iii); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F14Words in s. 98 repealed (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), s. 32(2), sch. para. 14(b); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F15Word in s. 98 substituted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), s. 32(2), sch. para. 14(c)(iv); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
F16Words in s. 98 inserted (23.3.2020) by Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 15), ss. 28(11), 32(2); S.S.I. 2020/66, reg. 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 98 in force at 31.10.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/341, art. 2(2)(a)