Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2016 No.
The Climate Change (Limit on Use of Carbon Units) (Scotland) Order 2016
Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(1) and (4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 20091 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 23(1) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers, before laying a draft of this instrument before the Scottish Parliament, requested advice from the relevant body2.
In accordance with section 96(4) of that Act3, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Climate Change (Limit on Use of Carbon Units) (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation2
In this Order—
“the 2010 Regulations” means the Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 20104; and
“EUETS” has the meaning given by regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2010 Regulations.
Limit on use of carbon units for the period 2018-20223
1
The limit on the net amount of carbon units that may be credited to net Scottish emissions accounts during the period 2018-2022 is set at zero.
2
Carbon units credited to or debited from the net Scottish emissions accounts as a result of the operation of the EUETS in accordance with the 2010 Regulations do not count towards that limit.
(This note is not part of the Order)