Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003

The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003[1]
Long titleAn Act to make provision about waste and about penalties for non-compliance with schemes for the trading of emissions quotas.
Citation2003 c 33
Dates
Royal assent13 November 2003
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The white paper "Waste Strategy 2000: England and Wales" (Cm 4693) is a precursor of this Act.[2]

Part 1 - Waste

This Part was intended to give effect to articles 5(1) and (2) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC (OJ L 182, 16 July 1999, page 1).[3]

The powers conferred by sections 6 and 7 and 10 to 13 and 15 and 16 and 26 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3212) and the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/416)

The powers conferred by sections 10 to 13 and 15 and 16 and 26 and 36 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1490 (W. 155))

The powers conferred by sections 11(1) and 11(2)(b) and (d) and (f) and 11(3) and 12(1) and (4) and 24(1)(c) and 26(3) were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555 (W. 279)

The powers conferred by sections 6 and 7 and 10 to 13 and 15 and 16 and 26 and 36 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (SSI 2005/157)

The powers conferred by sections 6 and 10 to 12 and 15 and 26 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (SR 2011/373) and by Part 3 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2499) to amend the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004.

Section 11 - Scheme regulations

The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (SR 2009/46) were made under section 11(2).

Section 26 - Penalties under Chapter 1: general

The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (SR 2005/208) were made under section 26(3).

The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/880) were made under section 26(3)(a).

Section 40 - Commencement

The following orders have been made under this section:

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References
  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 42 of this Act.
  2. Explanatory notes, paragraph 4
  3. Explanatory notes, paragraph 4
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