This Order implements the requirement imposed by section 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) for the Scottish Ministers to make an order setting annual targets for the maximum amount of the net Scottish emissions account for each year in the period 2010-2022.

The Scottish Ministers requested advice from the relevant body (the UK Committee on Climate Change (UKCCC)) as required by section 5(1) of the 2009 Act. The UKCCC advice is set out in “Scotland’s path to a low carbon economy” dated 24 February 2010, and available at http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/scottish-report.

The UKCCC has produced further advice dated 8 September 2010 available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/climatechange/scotlands-action/climatechangeact/secondarylegislation.

Article 2 of the Order sets the annual target for each year for the period 2010-2022.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced in relation to this Order as it has no direct impact on businesses, charities or the voluntary sector.