Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003

23“Scheme year” and “target year”U.K.
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[F1(1)In this Chapter—

  • “scheme year” means—

    (a)

    for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a year beginning with 1st April in any of 2005 to 2019; and

    (b)

    for Wales—

    (i)

    the period of six months beginning with 1st October 2004, or

    (ii)

    a year beginning with 1st April in any of 2005 to 2019;

  • “target year” means a scheme year ending with 31st March in 2010, 2013 or 2020.]

(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations amend subsection (1) for the purpose of—

(a)providing for a different day to be the first day of a scheme year;

(b)adding or omitting one or more scheme years;

(c)providing for a scheme year to be a period shorter or longer than a year;

(d)changing the target years or any of them;

(e)adding or omitting one or more target years.

[F2(3)The power under subsection (2) is exercisable only with the agreement of the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.]

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