Overview of the Act and General Notes Interpretation
6.The text that the Act inserts into the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 will fall to be interpreted as part of the 2009 Act. The 2009 Act is to be interpreted in accordance with the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999.
7.The Act’s freestanding text (that is the text not being inserted into the 2009 Act) falls to be interpreted in accordance with the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.