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 will be published separately as Bill 66—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Secretary Margaret Beckett 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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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         Offences under regulations under sections 6 and 7
      9         Duty not to exceed allowances
Scheme operation and monitoring etc
      10         Monitoring authorities
      11         Scheme regulations
      12         Powers in relation to waste disposal authorities
      13         Powers in relation to landfill operators
      14         Disclosure of information by monitoring and allocating authorities
      15         Monitoring information: registers
      16         Registers: public access
Strategies for reducing landfilling of biodegradable waste
      17         Strategy for England
      18         Strategy for Scotland
      19         Strategy for Wales

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

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