IMPLEMENTS
Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste

COMMENTED by
The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 (Note)

EXTENDED by
The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 (Memo)

The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2004 No. 3212

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND

The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004

Made 3rd December 2004

Coming into force 1st April 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 6, 7, 10 to 13, 15, 16 and 26 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003[1] ("the Act"), and having consulted in accordance with section 27(2) of the Act such bodies or persons appearing to her to be representative of -

(a) the interests of waste disposal authorities in England as she considers appropriate;

(b) the interests of persons concerned in the operation of landfills in England as she considers appropriate;

(c) any other affected persons as she considers appropriate;

makes the following Regulations, a draft of which (since these Regulations include the first regulations to be made by the Secretary of State under sections 6, 7 and 11 of the Act) has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 28(2) of the Act:

PART 1

General

Citation, commencement and application

1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 and come into force on 1st April 2005.

(2) These Regulations apply to England only.

Interpretation

2. - (1) In these Regulations -

"the Act" means the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003;

"collected municipal waste" means municipal waste which comes into the possession or under the control of -

(a) a waste disposal authority, or

(b) a waste collection authority within the area of the disposal authority, whether or not the waste comes into the possession or under the control of that authority under or by virtue of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[

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