Offences made under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

5 statutory instruments made under this Act create 26 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 2020 · 15 offences
• The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 2025 · 5 offences
• The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014 2014 · 3 offences
• The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2023 2023 · 2 offences
• The Waste Information (Scotland) Regulations 2010 2010 · 1 offence