The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2005
PART 1
General
1
Citation, commencement and extent
2
Interpretation
3
Giving notices and notifications, and the submission of forms and returns
4
Electronic registers and forms
PART 2
Allocation and the banking, borrowing and transfer of landfill allowances
5
Allocation of allowances
6
Banking landfill allowances
7
Borrowing of landfill allowances
8
Transfer of landfill allowances
9
Suspension of banking, borrowing and transferring of landfill allowances
PART 3
Monitoring
10
Monitoring authority
11
Obligation for waste disposal authorities to keep records and make returns
12
Obligation for operators of landfills to keep records and make returns
13
Determining the amount of biodegradable municipal waste in amounts of waste
14
Calculation of the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfills
15
Utilisation of landfill allowances
PART 4
Landfill Allowances Register
16
Landfill allowances register
17
Amendment of information on registers
18
Availability of register
PART 5
Penalties
19
Penalties: exceeding allowances
20
Penalties: failure to comply with requirements imposed by regulation 11
21
Penalties: general
PART 6
Guidance
22
Guidance to waste disposal authorities
SCHEDULE
Amount of biodegradable municipal waste in certain types of waste
2005 No. 157

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2005
Made
16th March 2005
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6, 7, 10 to 13, 15, 16, 26 and 36 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having consulted in accordance with section 27(2) of the Act such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of–
1. waste disposal authorities in Scotland;
2. persons concerned in the operation of landfills in Scotland;
3. any other affected persons;
as they consider appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has in accordance with section 28(4) of the Act (since these Regulations include the first regulations to be made by the Scottish Ministers under sections 6, 7 and 11 of the Act), been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Scottish Parliament:
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. In relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers are an allocating authority under section 24(1) of the Act.