8Requirement to respond to parliamentary reports and resolutions on draft plan
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(1)The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 is modified as follows.
(2)In section 35A, after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)The Scottish Ministers must publish a response to any—
(a)resolution of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (iii) of subsection (1)(b), or
(b)report of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) of that provision,
within 3 months of the resolution being passed or (as the case may be) the report being published.
(1B)The duty under subsection (1A) may be fulfilled by laying a statement before the Parliament in accordance with subsection (2) that addresses the resolution or report in question.”.