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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 10th April 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE B


WASTE AND EMISSIONS TRADING BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [3rd April 2003].

   

Mr Bill Wiggin

59

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     27,     after 'production', insert 'or'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty
Mr Bill Wiggin

4

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     28,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

61

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     29,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Mr Michael Meacher

18

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     32,     leave out subsection (5).


   

Mr Jonathan Sayeed

73

Clause     18,     page     12,     line     37,     at end insert 'and must be in accordance with the Best Practicable Environmental Option.'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

5

Clause     18,     page     12,     line     40,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.


   

Mr Jonathan Sayeed

74

Clause     19,     page     13,     line     25,     at end insert 'and must be in accordance with the Best Practicable Environmental Option.'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

6

Clause     19,     page     13,     line     28,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.


   

Mr Jonathan Sayeed

75

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     13,     at end insert 'and must be in accordance with the Best Practicable Environmental Option.'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

7

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     16,     leave out 'or energy recovery'.


   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

78

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     41,     leave out 'such as' and insert 'including, but not exclusively'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

79

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     42,     leave out 'and'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

80

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     43,     at end insert ', and certain plastics designed specifically to degrade within a period of 12 months'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

81

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     4,     after 'waste', insert 'collected by collection authorities'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

82

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     5,     after 'waste', insert 'collected by collection authorities'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

83

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     6,     at end insert—

      '(c) and is in the case of (a) and/or (b) recorded for official purposes as such'.


   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

84

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     8,     after 'land', insert 'both solid rock and sedimentary deposits, including soil'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

85

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     15,     at end insert ', provided that this waste is not subsequently sent to landfill at that same site.'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

15

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     19,     leave out 'three years' and insert 'one year'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

86

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     20,     leave out 'one year' and insert 'three months'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

87

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     21,     after 'deposit', insert 'and/or storage'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

19

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     24,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

88

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     25,     after 'biodegradable', insert 'as outlined in Regulations relating to concerns associated with animal health'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

8

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     28,     after 'sorting', insert ', but not including incineration'.


   

Mr John Hayes

67

Clause     23,     page     15,     line     37,     leave out '2019' and insert '2015'.

   

Mr John Hayes

68

Clause     23,     page     15,     line     38,     leave out '2010, 2013' and insert '2009, 2010'.

   

Mr John Hayes

69

Clause     23,     page     15,     line     39,     leave out '2020' and insert '2016'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

89

Clause     23,     page     15,     line     40,     after 'may', insert ', after a consultation following the guidelines laid out by the Cabinet Office in the code of practice on written consultation of November 2000'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

90

Clause     23,     page     15,     leave out line 43.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

91

Clause     23,     page     15,     leave out line 44.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

92

Clause     23,     page     16,     leave out line 1.


   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

93

Clause     24,     page     16,     line     11,     before 'area', insert 'geographical'.

   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

94

Clause     24,     page     16,     line     16,     before 'area', insert 'geographical'.

   

Mr Jonathan Sayeed

76

Clause     24,     page     16,     line     21,     at end insert—

    '(6)   In this Chapter "Best Practicable Environmental Option" or "BPEC" means the outcome of a systematic consultative and decision-making procedure which emphasises the protection and conservation of the environment across land, air and water. The BPEO procedure establishes for a given set of objectives, the option that provides the most benefits or the least damage to the environment as a whole, at acceptable cost, in the long term as well as the short term.'.


   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

95

Clause     25,     page     16,     line     26,     after the first 'sludges', insert 'and other non-hazardous materials'.


   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

16

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     7,     at end insert 'for a maximum period of one year'.

   

Mr John Hayes
Gregory Barker
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Mr Bill Wiggin

96

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     25,     at end insert, 'A Waste collection authority in England which is not also a waste disposal authority may direct that the waste disposal authority to whom it delivers its waste shall not dispose of that waste by incineration. Failure on behalf of the waste disposal authority to comply will result in a penalty as set down in Clause 9'.

   

Mr John Hayes

70

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     25,     at end add—

    '( )   Where a waste collection authority fails to fulfil its obligations, as directed by a waste disposal authority under section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and as a result of the waste disposal authority is liable to a penalty under section 9, then the waste collection authority shall become liable to a penalty as defined in this section.'.


   

Norman Baker
Sue Doughty

17

Clause     27,     page     17,     leave out lines 42 to 44.


   

Dr Alan Whitehead
Paddy Tipping

71

Clause     31,     page     20,     line     18,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   In section 45 (collection of controlled waste), subsection (3) (charges) shall be omitted.'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

20

Clause     31,     page     20,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(4B)   Before exercising its power to include requirements about separation in directions under subsection (4)(a) above, a waste disposal authority shall consult the waste collection authorities within its area.

    (4C)   In exercising its power to include requirements about separation in directions under subsection (4)(a) above, a waste disposal authority shall have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State as to the exercise of that power.

    (4D)   A waste disposal authority which includes requirements about separation in directions given under subsection (4)(a) above shall notify the waste collection authorities to which the directions are given of its reasons for including the requirements.".'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

21

Clause     31,     page     20,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '( )   After section 52 there is inserted—

          "52APayments for delivering waste pre-separated

          (1)   A waste disposal authority in England which is not also a waste collection authority shall pay to a waste collection authority within its area such amounts as are needed to ensure that the collection authority is not financially worse off as a result of having to comply with any separation requirements.

          (2)   A waste disposal authority in England which is not also a waste collection authority may pay to a waste collection authority within its area—

          (a) which performs its duty under section 48(1) above by delivering waste in a state of separation, but

          (b) which is not subject to any separation requirements as respects the delivery of that waste,

             contributions of such amounts as the disposal authority may determine towards expenditure of the collection authority that is attributable to its delivering the waste in that state.

          (3)   The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about how amounts to be paid under subsection (1) above are to be determined.

          (4)   Regulations under subsection (3) above may include provision for amounts to be less than they would otherwise be (or to be nil) if conditions specified in the regulations are not satisfied.

          (5)   Any question arising under subsection (1) above shall, in default of agreement between the paying and receiving authorities, be determined by arbitration.

          (6)   A waste collection authority in England which is not also a waste disposal authority shall supply the waste disposal authority for its area with such information as the disposal authority may reasonably require—

          (a) for the purpose of determining amounts under this section, or

          (b) for the purpose of estimating any amounts that would fall to be determined under this section were the collection authority to be subject to particular separation requirements.

          (7)   In this section "separation requirements", in relation to a waste collection authority, means requirements about separation included in directions given to it under section 51(4)(a) above.".'.

 
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