The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2011/2499 |
Year | 2011 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011.(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , these Regulations come into force on 21st November 2011.(3) Parts 3 and 4 come into force immediately after Part 2.(4) Parts 3 and 4 extend to England and Wales only.Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (waste sent to landfills) is amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 8. section 4(1) (allocation of landfill allowances) ; section 9(1) (duty not to exceed allowances) ; section 10(2) (a) (monitoring authorities) ; section 11(2) (d) and (f) (scheme regulations) ; section 12(1) and (2) (b) (i) (powers in relation to waste disposal authorities) . for subsection (2) substitute— In performing the duty under subsection (1) , an allocating authority must ensure that the total amount of waste authorised to be sent to landfills by the allowances it allocates for a year does not cause the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfills for that year to exceed the amount specified for its area under section 1 or 2.at the end of subsection (4) (b) insert for subsection (3) substitute— In exercising the power under subsection (1) , an authority must ensure that the total amount of waste authorised to be sent to landfills by allowances allocated by it for a year does not cause the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfills for that year to exceed the amount specified for its area under section 1 or 2.at the end of subsection (4) (b) insert (1) For the heading of section 21 substitute— “ “Biodegradable waste”, “municipal waste” and “local authority collected municipal waste” ” .for subsection (2) substitute—“ this section ” ; andafter subsection (3) insert—
- “(2) In this Chapter—
- (a) “biodegradable municipal waste” means waste that is both biodegradable waste and municipal waste; and
- (b) “biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste” means waste that is both biodegradable waste and local authority collected municipal waste.
- (4) In subsection (2) “local authority collected municipal waste” means any municipal waste which is collected under arrangements made by a waste collection authority or a waste disposal authority.
- (5) In subsection (4) “waste...
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