Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003
Part 1Waste
Chapter 1Waste sent to landfills
Landfill targets
1Target years
2Non-target years
3Non-target years: default rules
Landfill allowances scheme (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
4Allocation of landfill allowances
5Alteration of allocations under section 4
6Borrowing and banking of landfill allowances
7Trading and other transfer of landfill allowances
8Offences under regulations under sections 6 and 7
9Duty not to exceed allowances
Scheme operation and monitoring etc
10Monitoring authorities
11Scheme regulations
12Powers in relation to waste disposal authorities
13Powers in relation to landfill operators
14Disclosure of information by monitoring and allocating authorities
15Monitoring information: registers
16Registers: public access
Strategies for reducing landfilling of biodegradable waste
17Strategy for England
18Strategy for Scotland
19Strategy for Wales
20 Plan for Northern Ireland
Interpretation of Chapter 1
21“Biodegradable waste”, “municipal waste” and “local authority collected municipal waste”
22“Landfill”
23“Scheme year” and “target year”
24Other definitions
Supplementary
25Activities to which Chapter 1 does not apply
26Penalties under Chapter 1: general
27Regulations under Chapter 1: consultation
28Regulations under Chapter 1: procedural provisions
Chapter 2Waste management in Wales
29Municipal waste management strategies
30Provision of information about waste by local authorities
Chapter 3Waste management in England
31Directions to waste collection authorities in England
32Joint municipal waste management strategies: England
33Power to disapply duties under section 32
34Interpretation of Chapter 3
Chapter 4Miscellaneous and supplementary
35Repeal of duty to prepare recycling plans in England and Wales
36Regulations under Part 1
37Meaning of “waste , recovery and disposal” in Part 1
37AMeaning of “the Mining Waste Directive” in section 37: England and Wales
Part 2Trading of emissions quotas
38Pollution regulations: emissions trading schemes
39Penalty provisions of UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme 2002
Part 3General
40Commencement
41Extent
42Short title

Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003

2003 c. 33

An Act to make provision about waste and about penalties for non-compliance with schemes for the trading of emissions quotas.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—