Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

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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);
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“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—
(ab)
[F5a Scottish carbon budget target (and references to meeting such a target are to be construed in accordance with section A2(4)), or]
(c)
the net-zero emissions target,]
“energy efficiency” has the meaning given by section 60(9);
[F6“fair and safe Scottish emissions budget” has the meaning given by section 2B(2),]
“greenhouse gas” has the meaning given by section 10(1);
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“international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section [F819(1)];
[F9“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” [F10is to be construed in accordance with] section 17(1);
“net Scottish emissions account” has the meaning given by section 13(1);
[F11“net-zero emissions target” has the meaning given by section A1(1),]
[F11“net-zero emissions target year” has the meaning given by section A1(2),]
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“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 [F1320A(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);
[F14“Scottish carbon budget” has the meaning given by section A2(1),]
[F14“Scottish carbon budget target” has the meaning given by section A2(3),]
“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);
[F15“target year” means—
(a)
the final year of a period for which a Scottish carbon budget is set,
(b)
the net-zero emissions target year,]
[F16“target-relevant international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section 19(2),]
“target-setting criteria” means the matters mentioned in section [F172B(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 [F1920A(2)];
[F20“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).