Part 6General and miscellaneous

98Interpretation

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);

“annual target” has the meaning given by section 3(3);

“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;

“deposit and return scheme” means a scheme established by virtue of section 84(1);

“domestic effort target” has the meaning given by section 8(2);

“emissions” has the meaning given by section 17(1);

“energy efficiency” has the meaning given by section 60(9);

“greenhouse gas” has the meaning given by section 10(1);

“interim target” has the meaning given by section 2(2);

“international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section 19;

“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” has the meaning given by section 17(1);

“net Scottish emissions account” has the meaning given by section 13(1);

“packaging” has the meaning given by section 83(4);

“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 5(7);

“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);

“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);

“target year” means a year for which an annual target has been set;

“target-setting criteria” means the matters mentioned in section 4(4)(b) to (j);

“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43);

“the 2008 Act” means the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27);

“the 2050 target” has the meaning given by section 1(2);

UK Committee on Climate Change” has the meaning given by section 5(8);

“waste” has the meaning given by section 78(4).