These regulations will revoke and replace the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008.
A new rating system will apply to energy performance certificates for domestic and non-domestic buildings in Scotland. Assessors will need to be accredited under approved schemes and site-based audits will be introduced for assessors.
This order will amend the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 to provide manufacturers with further flexibility on how to comply with the Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) and CO2 standard schemes for new cars and vans.
Further ZEV allowances may be borrowed from future years and restrictions on converting allowances between schemes will be relaxed.
These regulations will update methods manufacturers and suppliers must use when assessing airborne noise for equipment subject to the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001.
These assessment requirements mirror those applied in the EU under Regulation (EU) 2024/1208.
These rules support licensing schemes and support for carbon dioxide transport and storage under the Energy Act 2023.
A special administration regime for licensed operators aims to ensure transport and storage services continue.
These regulations bring further sections of the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 into force.
The sections now in force support the introduction of the Scottish Aggregates tax from 1 April 2026, which will replace the UK-wide levy on aggregates currently applied in Scotland.
This Directive amended the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC. EU Member States are required to transpose the amendments made to national law by 17 June 2027.
Member States will be required to take action to prevent the generation of food waste and binding reduction targets are set.
Member States must also establish extended producer responsibility schemes for textile, textile-related and footwear products by 17 April 2028. Persons placing these products on the EU market will need to make financial contributions for waste management, which will be modulated to reflect environmental performance of these goods.
These regulations remove retrospective WEEE duties on solar photovoltaic panels placed on the market between 13 August 2005 and 13 August 2012.
WEEE duties continue to apply to panels placed on the market on or after 13 August 2012.
These regulations amended the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
Updated binding emissions reduction targets are applied for the 2026-2030, 2031-2035, 2036-2040 and 2041-2045 periods through revised Scottish carbon budgets.
