Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 261 (S. 1)

The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2002

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2002 No. 261 (S. 1)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2002

	Made	12th February 2002
	Laid before Parliament	22nd February 2002
	Laid before the Scottish Parliament	15th February 2002
	Coming into force	15th March 2002

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 2002
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93(3) and 113 of the Scotland Act 1998[1], and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement
1.This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 15th March 2002.

Specification of functions
2.The functions of the Scottish Ministers described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEArticle 2

FUNCTIONS OF THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS

The functions of preparing, by means of an emissions trading scheme, for the implementation of the UK's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol[2] to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[3].

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies functions of the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 93(1) of the Scotland Act 1998. Section 93(1) allows a Minister of the Crown to make arrangements for any of that Minister's specified functions to be exercised on his or her behalf by the Scottish Ministers and allows the Scottish Ministers to make arrangements for any of their specified functions to be exercised on their behalf by a Minister of the Crown.

The functions of the Scottish Ministers which are specified by the Order are the non-statutory functions of preparing, by means of an emissions trading scheme, for the implementation of the UK's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol adopted on 11th December 1997 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was adopted on 9th May 1992 and came into force on 21st March 1994.

Notes:

[1] 1998 c.46.back

[2] Adopted on 11th December 1997.back

[3] Adopted on 9th May 1992. Came into force on 21st March 1994.back

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