EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for three different dates for various provisions of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”) to come into force.
Under article 2(2) of the Order, the provisions of the Act listed in the following table come into force on 31st October 2009.
Column 1 | Column 2
Provisions of the Act | Subject Matter
Sections 1 to 8 | Setting of 2050, interim, annual and domestic effort targets
Section 9 | Progress towards targets
Section 10 | Greenhouse gases
Sections 11 and 12 | The baseline
Section 13 to 23 | Supplementary
Section 24 | Meaning of advisory body
Section 26 | Application of sections 27 to 32 and 56 (which have effect only from the date when an order is made by the Scottish Ministers designating an advisory body under section 24(1))
Sections 33 to 43 | Reporting duties
Sections 53 to 55 | Adaptation programmes
Section 57 | Duty to produce a land use strategy
Section 58 | Variation of permitted times for making muirburn
Section 59 | Power to modify functions of Forestry Commissioners
Sections 60 to 62 | Promotion of energy efficiency and renewable heat
Section 74 | Duty of Scottish Water to promote water conservation and water–use efficiency
Sections 75 to 77 | The Scottish civil estate
Sections 78 to 90 | Waste reduction and recycling
Section 91 | Public engagement
Section 92 | Sustainable development
Section 93 | Equal opportunities
Section 94 | Impact of budget proposals on emissions
Section 95 | Crown application
Section 97 | Subordinate legislation: pre-laying procedure
Section 98 | Interpretation
Section 99 | Minor and consequential modifications (but only in relation to paragraphs 1, 2 and 7 of schedule 2)
Paragraphs 1, 2 and 7 of schedule 2 | Minor and consequential modifications
Under article 2(3) of the Order, the provisions of the Act listed in the following table come into force on 1st April 2010.
Column 1 | Column 2
Provisions of the Act | Subject Matter
Section 63 | Non–domestic buildings: assessment of energy performance and emissions
Section 64 | Living accommodation: assessment of energy performance and emissions
Sections 65 to 67 | Energy efficiency discount schemes
Section 68 | Climate change burdens
Section 69 | Tenement Management Scheme: definition of “maintenance”
Section 71 | Microgeneration in non-domestic buildings
Section 72 | Development plans: inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions policies
Section 73 | Annual report on operation of section 72
Under article 2(4) of the Order, sections 44 to 52 (duties of public bodies relating to climate change) of the Act come into force on 1st January 2011.
The Act received Royal Assent on 4th August 2009. Sections 96 and 100 came into force on Royal Assent. Section 70 came into force on the day after Royal Assent.