The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2011/2499
Year2011
(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—
    • “(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.
    biodegradable municipal waste” means waste that is both biodegradable waste and municipal waste; andbiodegradable local authority collected municipal waste” means waste that is both biodegradable waste and local authority collected municipal waste.in subsection (3) , for “subsection (2) ” substitute “ this section ”; andafter subsection (3) insert—
    • (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...
    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.

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