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<Number>2015 No. 347</Number>
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<Title>Climate Change</Title>
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<Title>The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>6th October 2015</DateText>
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<Text>Laid before the Scottish Parliament</Text>
<DateText>8th October 2015</DateText>
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<DateText>23rd November 2015</DateText>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(1) and 96(2)(a) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> and all other powers enabling them to do so.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2009/12" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2009" Number="0012">2009 asp 12</Citation>; in section 46(1) “relevant public body” has the meaning given by section 44(5) of that Act (“<Abbreviation Expansion="Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 12">the Act</Abbreviation>”). It refers to a Scottish public body (within the meaning of section 3(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13" id="c00002" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2002" Number="0013">2002 (asp 13)</Citation>) which has climate change duties under section 44(1) or by virtue of section 44(3) of the Act.</Text></Para>
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