Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

Advice on progress

9 Progress towards targets

(1) The Scottish Ministers must in each year, beginning with the year 2011, request the relevant body to prepare a report setting out that body’s views on—

(a) progress towards achievement of—

(i) annual targets;

(ii) the interim target;

(iii) the 2050 target;

(b) whether the annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target are likely to be achieved;

(c) any further effort which may be necessary to achieve annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target.

(2) No later than the end of the second year following a year for which an annual target has been set (a “target year”), the Scottish Ministers must request the relevant body to prepare a report setting out that body’s views on—

(a) whether the annual target for the target year was met;

(b) whether the domestic effort target was met in that target year;

(c) the ways in which those targets were or were not met;

(d) the action taken by the Scottish Ministers to reduce net Scottish emissions during that year.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must lay a response to the relevant body’s report under this section before the Scottish Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after they receive that body’s report.