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Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection
Made
17th October 2011
Laid before Parliament
21st October 2011
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1, so far as relating to the amendments to the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 M2 and the Joint Waste Authorities (Proposals) Regulations 2009 M3; and
sections 6, 10 to 12, 15 and 26 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003, so far as relating to the amendments to the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 M4.
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated M5 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.
The amendments to the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 are made following consultation in accordance with section 27(2) of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003.
Marginal Citations
M11972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under European Union law in respect of devolved matters, the Secretary of State's function in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable as regards Scotland.
M4S.I. 2004/3212, amended by S.I. 2005/895; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
1.—(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.
2. 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.
3. In the following provisions, for “biodegradable municipal waste” substitute “ biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste ”
(a)section 4(1) (allocation of landfill allowances);
(b)section 9(1) (duty not to exceed allowances);
(c)section 10(2)(a) (monitoring authorities);
(d)section 11(2)(d) and (f) (scheme regulations);
(e)section 12(1) and (2)(b)(i) (powers in relation to waste disposal authorities).
4. In section 4—
(a)for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) 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.”; and
(b)at the end of subsection (4)(b) insert “ including in particular how the authority has complied with the duty in subsection (2) ”.
5. In section 5—
(a)for subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) 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.”; and
(b)at the end of subsection (4)(b) insert “ including in particular how the authority has complied with the duty in subsection (3) ”.
6.—(1) For the heading of section 21 substitute— “ “Biodegradable waste”, “municipal waste” and “local authority collected municipal waste” ”.
(2) In section 21—
(a)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.”;
(b)in subsection (3), for “subsection (2)” substitute “ this section ”; and
(c)after 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 collection authority”—
(a)in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 M6;
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, means a district council.”.
Marginal Citations
M61990 c. 43. The definition of “waste collection authorities” in section 30(3) was amended by section 66(8) of, and Schedule 18 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), and by section 180 of, and paragraph 167(3) of Schedule 13 to, the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).
7. In section 25(1), after “biodegradable waste”, insert “ , biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste ”.
8. The following provisions cease to apply where the allocating authority is the Secretary of State—
(a)section 9(3) and (4) (duty not to exceed allowances);
(b)section 26(4) (penalties under Chapter 1: general).
Textual Amendments
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14. In the Joint Waste Authorities (Proposals) Regulations 2009 M7, for paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 substitute—
“7.—(1) If the proposed joint waste authority has the function of disposing of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste, the arrangements to ensure the fulfilment of its duties as a waste disposal authority for the purposes of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 M8.
(2) In this paragraph, “biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste” has the meaning given by section 21 of that Act M9.”.
Taylor of Holbeach
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c. 33) (“the 2003 Act”). They also amend the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3212) (“the 2004 Regulations”) and the Joint Waste Authorities (Proposals) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/105) (“the 2009 Regulations”).
The amendments in Part 2 introduce the term “local authority collected municipal waste” to the 2003 Act. The term is used in provisions relating to the setting up and operation of landfill allowance schemes and is distinguished from the use of the term “municipal waste” (defined in section 21 of the 2003 Act) to describe the waste that must be diverted from landfills under Article 5(2) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste (OJ No L 182, 16.7.1999, p 1).
The amendments in Parts 3 and 4 provide for the use of the term “local authority collected municipal waste” in the 2004 Regulations and the 2009 Regulations.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
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