The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004

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2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003;

“the Assembly” (“y Cynulliad”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“collected municipal waste” (“gwastraff trefol a gasglwyd”) means municipal waste which comes into the possession or under the control of—

(i)

a waste collection authority, or

(ii)

a waste disposal authority

whether or not the waste is in possession or under the control of that authority under or by virtue of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 F1;

“electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 F2;

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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—

(a)

the monitoring authority, and

(b)

the Assembly;

“waste collection authority” (“awdurdod casglu gwastraff”) means a County or County Borough Council acting in pursuance of functions conferred on it as a waste collection authority;

“waste disposal authority” (“awdurdod gwaredu gwastraff”) means a County or County Borough Council acting in pursuance of functions conferred on it as a waste disposal authority;

“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 [F4Article 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.

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