Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c. 33)

Part 1 U.K. Waste

Chapter 1 U.K. Waste sent to landfills

Interpretation of Chapter 1 U.K.

23 “Scheme year” and “target year” U.K.

[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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 23(1) substituted (22.7.2004) by Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1936), regs. 1, 2(2)

F2 S. 23(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(3) (with reg. 7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)