The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004

Made: 3rd December 2004

Coming into force: 1st April 2005

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PART 1 — General

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Giving notices and notifications, and the submission of forms and returns

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Electronic registers and forms

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PART 2 — Allocation and the banking, borrowing and transfer of landfill allowances

Allocation of allowances

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Banking landfill allowances

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Borrowing of landfill allowances

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Transfer of landfill allowances

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Suspension of banking, borrowing and transferring of landfill allowances

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PART 3 — Monitoring

Monitoring authority and keeping the provisions in regulation 13(2) under review

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Obligation for waste disposal authorities to keep records and make returns

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Obligation for operators of landfills to keep records and make returns

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Determining the amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste in amounts of waste

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Calculation of the amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste sent to landfills

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Utilisation of landfill allowances

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PART 4 — Registers

Landfill allowances register

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Penalties register

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Amendment of information on registers

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Availability of registers

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PART 5 — Penalties

Penalties: exceeding allowances

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Penalties: failure to comply with requirements imposed by regulation 11 of these Regulations

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Penalties: general

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PART 6 — Guidance

Guidance to waste disposal authorities

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SCHEDULE — Amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste in certain types of waste

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Signed

Elliott Morley — Minster of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2004-12-03

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 c. 33. The relevant powers in sections 6, 7, 10 to 13, 15, 16 and 26 are expressed to be exercisable by the allocating authority. Section 24(1) provides that the allocating authority for England is the Secretary of State.

[^f00004]: 2000 c. 7.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1.

Editorial notes

[^key-99874995321bfad7b6ee860c327a5897]: Regulations revoked (31.3.2013) by The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/141), regs. 1(1)(b), 7 (with reg. 8)

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