Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [HL]

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Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [HL]

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [HL]

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs are published separately as HL Bill 3—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The Lord Whitty has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [HL] are
compatible with the Convention rights.

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Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [HL]

Contents
Part 1
Waste
Chapter 1
Waste sent to landfills
Landfill targets
      1         Target years
      2         Non-target years
      3         Non-target years: default rules
Landfill allowances scheme
      4         Allocation of landfill allowances
      5         Alteration of allocations under section 4
      6         Borrowing and banking of landfill allowances
      7         Trading and other transfer of landfill allowances
      8         Duty not to exceed allowances
Scheme operation and monitoring etc
      9         Monitoring authorities
      10         Scheme regulations
      11         Powers in relation to waste disposal authorities
      12         Powers in relation to landfill operators
      13         Disclosure of information by monitoring and allocating authorities
      14         Monitoring information: registers
      15         Registers: public access
Strategies for reducing landfilling of biodegradable waste
      16         Strategy for England
      17         Strategy for Scotland
      18         Strategy for Wales
      19         Strategy for Northern Ireland

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Interpretation of Chapter 1
      20         “Biodegradable waste” and “municipal waste”
      21         “Landfill”
      22         “Scheme year” and “target year”
      23         Other definitions
Supplementary
      24         Activities to which Chapter 1 does not apply
      25         Penalties under Chapter 1: general
      26         Regulations under Chapter 1: procedural provisions
Chapter 2
Waste management in Wales
      27         Municipal waste management strategies
      28         Provision of information about waste by local authorities
Chapter 3
General
      29         Regulations under Part 1
      30         Meaning of “waste” in Part 1
Part 2
Trading of emissions quotas
      31         Pollution regulations: emissions trading schemes
      32         Penalty provisions of the UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme
2002
Part 3
General
      33         Commencement
      34         Extent
      35         Short title

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