1. These Regulations:
(a)may be cited as the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004;
(b)come into force on 25 June 2004;
(c)apply in relation to Wales.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003;
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[F2“biodegradable collected municipal waste” (“gwastraff trefol pydradwy a gasglwyd”) means biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste F3;]
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[F2“collected municipal waste” (“gwastraff trefol a gasglwyd”) means local authority collected municipal waste F5;]
“electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 F6;
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“reconciliation period” (“cyfnod cysoni”) means the period of 3 months following the end of each scheme year;
“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means—
the monitoring authority, and
[F8the Welsh Ministers];
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“waste facility” (“cyfleuster gwastraff”) means a facility for the disposal or recovery of waste other than a landfill; for the purposes of this definition, “disposal” and “recovery” have the same meaning as in [F10Article 3(19) and (15) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste].
(2) In these Regulations —
(a)references to an amount of waste are references to an amount of waste by tonnage; and
(b)references to waste being sent by a waste disposal authority to landfill or a waste facility are references to waste being sent to such a landfill or facility in pursuance of arrangements made by the authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (21.11.2011) by virtue of The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555), regs. 1(2), 3(a)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (21.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555), regs. 1(2), 3(c)
F3For the meaning of “biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste” see section 21(2)(b) of the Act.
F4Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (21.11.2011) by virtue of The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555), regs. 1(2), 3(b)
F5For the meaning of “local authority collected municipal waste” see section 21(4) of the Act.
F7Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (16.7.2005) by virtue of The List of Wastes (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1820), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 6
F8Words in reg. 2 substituted (21.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555), regs. 1(2), 4
F9Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (21.11.2011) by virtue of The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555), regs. 1(2), 3(d)
F10Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), regs. 1(2)(a), 3
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where, under these Regulations, a person is required to—
(a)submit a form, notice or return to another person, or
(b)notify another person of any matter,
the form, notice, return or notification must be in writing.
(2) If—
(a)that other person has an address for the purposes of electronic communications the form, notice, return or notification may be made by way of such communications, or
(b)regulation 4(3)(b) applies, the form may be completed and submitted to the authority on the website.
4.—(1) Any register established or maintained under these Regulations may be in electronic form.
(2) Where any register maintained by a relevant authority is in electronic form, that authority may make it available for inspection by the public on a website maintained by that authority for that purpose.
(3) Any form provided by the monitoring authority for the purposes of these Regulations may be provided—
(a)in an electronic form, and
(b)for completion and submission to the authority on a website maintained by the authority for that purpose.