Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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Subordinate Legislation

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021

Our final public agenda item today is consideration of one negative instrument: the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021. Like the affirmative instrument that we considered earlier, this is a joint instrument between the four United Kingdom Administrations. It amends the UK-wide emissions trading scheme that was established by the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020. The instrument was laid under the negative procedure, which means that its provisions will come into force unless the Parliament agrees to a motion to annul it. No such motion to annul has been laid.

I refer members to paper 6 from the clerk. I put on record that paragraph 10 requires a correction. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument on 18 January and determined that it should formally draw the Parliament’s attention to the order on the ground of a defect in the drafting. However, it welcomed an assurance that the Scottish Government was working with the other Administrations to correct that.

As members do not have any comments on the instrument, I invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any further recommendations. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.