The 2050 and interim targets 2A The 2050 target 15 Section 1 of the 2009 Act and the italic cross heading immediately preceding it are repealed. 3 The interim targets For section 2 of the 2009 Act, and the italic cross heading immediately preceding it, substitute— 20 “The interim targets 2 The interim targets (1) The Scottish Ministers must ensure that the net Scottish emissions account for the year— (a) 2020 is at least 56% lower than the baseline, 25 (b) 2030 is at least 75% lower than the baseline, and (c) 2040 is at least 90% lower than the baseline. (2) In this Act, each target set out in subsection (1) is known as an “interim target”.”. 4 Modification of the interim targets 30 After section 2 of the 2009 Act, insert— “2A Modification of the interim targets (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify one or more of the percentage figures applying for the purposes of any of the interim targets, so as to substitute a higher or lower figure for the one for the time being mentioned 35 in section 2(1)(a), (b) or (c). (2) But regulations under subsection (1) may not substitute a lower percentage figure for an interim target if that figure is— Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill 3 Part 1—Emissions reduction targets (a) inconsistent with the most up-to-date advice the Scottish Ministers have received from the relevant body, (aa) not, in that advice, stated to be appropriate on the basis of either scientific knowledge about climate change or current international 5 carbon reporting practice (or both), (b) lower than any percentage figure applying, immediately after the regulations come into force, for an interim target for an earlier year, or (c) lower than 100% for a year which is the same as, or later than, the net- zero emissions target year. 10 (3) In preparing a draft of regulations to be made under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must have regard to— (a) the target-setting criteria, and (b) the most up-to-date advice they have received from the relevant body. (4) Subsection (5) applies if— 15 (a) the Scottish Ministers lay before the Scottish Parliament for approval a draft of regulations under section A1(2B) which modify the net-zero emissions target year to a year earlier than 2045, and (b) any percentage figure applying for the purposes of any interim target for a year which is the same as or later than the proposed net-zero emissions 20 target year, is lower than 100%. (5) The Scottish Ministers must, at the same time as or as soon as reasonably practicable after laying the regulations mentioned in subsection (4)(a), lay before the Scottish Parliament for approval a draft of regulations under subsection (1) which modify to 100% a percentage figure mentioned in 25 subsection (4)(b). (6) As soon as reasonably practicable after laying for approval a draft of regulations to be made under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must publish a statement setting out in respect of each proposed modification of a percentage figure by the regulations— 30 (a) their reasons for proposing to modify the percentage figure, (b) the extent to which the proposed modification takes account of the target-setting criteria, and (c) whether the proposed modification is consistent with the most up-to-date advice they have received from the relevant body.”. 35 The target-setting criteria 5 The target-setting criteria After section 2A of the 2009 Act (inserted by section 4 of this Act), insert— “The target-setting criteria 2B The target-setting criteria 40 (1) In this Act, the “target-setting criteria” are— 4 Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Emissions reduction targets (a) the objective of not exceeding the fair and safe Scottish emissions budget, (b) European and international law and policy relating to climate change (including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 5 Change and protocols to that Convention), (c) scientific knowledge about climate change, (d) technology relevant to climate change, (e) economic circumstances, in particular the likely impact of the target on— 10 (i) the Scottish economy, (ii) the competitiveness of particular sectors of the Scottish economy, (iii) small and medium-sized enterprises, (iv) jobs and employment opportunities, (f) fiscal circumstances, in particular the likely impact of the target on 15 taxation, public spending and public borrowing, (g) social circumstances, in particular the likely impact of the target on those living in poorer or deprived communities, (ga) the likely impact of the target on public health, (h) the likely impact of the target on those living in remote rural 20 communities and island communities, (i) energy policy, in particular the likely impact of the target on energy supplies, the renewable energy sector and the carbon and energy intensity of the Scottish economy, (j) environmental considerations and, in particular, the likely impact of the 25 target on biodiversity, (ja) the likely impact of the target on the achievement of sustainable development, including the achievement of the United Nations sustainable development goals, (k) current international carbon reporting practice. 30 (2) In this Act, the “fair and safe Scottish emissions budget” is the aggregate amount of net Scottish emissions of greenhouse gases for the period 2010 to 2050 as recommended by the relevant body as being consistent with Scotland, in line with the principles set out in article 3 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, contributing appropriately to the holding of 35 the increase in global average temperature to well below 2℃ above pre...