Scottish Statutory Instruments
Climate Change
Made
6th October 2011
Coming into force
7th October 2011
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009(1).
In accordance with section 96(4)(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Before the draft was so laid, the Scottish Ministers requested and had regard to the advice of the relevant body(3) in accordance with section 5(1) and had regard to the matters in section 4(4) of that Act.
Section 96 has been modified by the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, (asp 10) schedule 4, paragraph 3.
In terms of section 5(7)(a) and (8) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 the relevant body is the UK Committee on Climate Change.