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| | ‘(1) | A Minister of the Crown in charge of a Bill in either House of Parliament must, |
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| | before Second Reading of the Bill— |
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| | (a) | make a statement to the effect that in his view the provisions of the Bill |
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| | are compatible with the principal aim of this Act (“a statement of |
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| | (b) | make a statement to the effect that although he is unable to make a |
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| | statement of compatibility the Government nevertheless wishes the |
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| | House to proceed with the Bill. |
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| | (2) | The statement must be in writing and be published is such a manner as the |
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| | Minister making it considers appropriate.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must ensure that the annual emissions of carbon dioxide |
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| | from each individual government department in 2011 are at least 15.2 per cent. |
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| | lower than the equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide in the 1990 baseline. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must ensure that the average energy efficiency per square |
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| | metre of all property owned by each individual government department in 2010 |
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| | is at least 15 per cent. higher than the equivalent amount measured as in 1990. |
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| | (3) | Any property in the control of the QinetiQ Group plc shall not be counted under |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must as soon as reasonably practicable ensure that a |
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| | reduction is made in the funding of each government department for energy and |
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| | utilities costs which is in line with the existing Government Sustainable |
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| | Operations Targets for carbon emissions, waste arisings and water |
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| | Modelling used by government to forecast impact of policies on climate change |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Committee shall provide the Secretary of State with advice on the modelling |
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| | used by Government to forecast future emissions and the impact of individual |
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| | policies on climate change. |
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| | (2) | The Committee must, at the time it give its advice under this section to the |
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| | Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities. |
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| | (3) | As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of |
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| | State, the Committee must publish that advice in such a manner as it considers |
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| | Committee’s power to audit emissions statistics |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Committee shall comment on the accuracy of the Government’s statistics on |
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| | emissions and provide the Secretary of State with advice on them. |
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| | (2) | The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice under this section to the |
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| | Secretary of State, send a copy to the other national authorities. |
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| | (3) | As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of |
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| | State, the Committee must publish that advice in such a manner as it considers |
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| | Advice on climate change policy from Committee to Secretary of State |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Committee may provide the Secretary of State with advice on any policy |
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| | matters related to climate change. |
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| | (2) | The Committee must, at the time it gives its advice to the Secretary of State, send |
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| | a copy to the other national authorities. |
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| | (3) | As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving its advice to the Secretary of |
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| | State, the Committee must publish that advice in such a manner as it considers |
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| | International negotiations by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In international climate change agreement negotiations the Secretary of State for |
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| | the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and all persons acting on his behalf must |
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| | work towards achieving an international agreement which prevents dangerous |
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| | (2) | For the purposes of this section “dangerous climate change” is deemed to have |
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| | occurred when global average temperature increase is more than C above pre- |
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| | (3) | Agreement should be based on the principles of contraction and convergence, that |
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| | is the principle of contraction of global carbon emissions and convergence of per |
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| | capita emissions across the global population. |
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| | (4) | In reaching such an agreement the Secretary of State for the Foreign and |
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| | Commonwealth Office and all persons acting on his behalf should act in concert |
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| | with the UN and the EU.’. |
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| | Waste authority’s power to reduce amount of council tax payable |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘After section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) there is |
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| | “13B | Power to reduce amount of tax payable in relation to household waste |
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| | (1) | Where a person is liable to pay council tax in respect of any chargeable |
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| | dwelling and any day, any waste collection authority or waste disposal |
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| | authority may require the billing authority for the area in which the |
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| | dwelling is situated to reduce the amount which he is liable to pay as |
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| | respects the dwelling and the day to such extent as it thinks fit. |
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| | (2) | The power under subsection (1) may only be exercised in connection |
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| | with measures to reduce the amount of residual domestic waste produced |
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| | (3) | The power under subsection (1) may be exercised in relation to particular |
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| | cases or by determining a class of case in which liability is to be reduced |
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| | to an extent provided by the determination. |
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| | (4) | Where an authority exercises the power under subsection (1) the |
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| | authority must pay or allow to the billing authority if requested an |
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| | amount equivalent to the total reduction in the amount of tax payable |
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| | each year as a result together with the reasonable administration costs of |
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| | making such reductions.”’. |
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| | Carbon emissions reduction targets: obligation to cooperate |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may by regulations— |
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| | (a) | make provision requiring energy suppliers to cooperate with responsible |
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| | local authorities in the preparation and delivery of relevant local area |
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| | (b) | make provision as to the arrangements for such cooperation. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may by regulations— |
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| | (a) | subject to subsection (3), make provision requiring energy suppliers to |
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| | make such contribution as may be determined by the Secretary of State |
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| | in respect of measures to achieve carbon emission reduction targets, |
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| | (b) | make provision as to the arrangements for such contribution, in particular |
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| | as to the restrictions upon energy suppliers in including any element of |
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| | such contribution in charges to consumers. |
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| | (3) | The contribution referred to in subsection (2) shall not exceed an amount |
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| | equivalent to the sums raised through relevant consumer contributions made to |
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| | “energy suppliers” shall mean persons who are gas transporters or gas |
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| | suppliers for the purposes of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44); and persons who |
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| | are electricity distributors or electricity suppliers for the purposes of the |
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| | Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29); |
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| | “responsible local authorities” shall be as defined in section 103 of the Local |
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| | Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28); |
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| | “local area agreement” shall be as defined in section 106 of the Local |
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| | Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007; |
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| | “relevant consumer contributions” shall mean those contributions made to |
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| | energy suppliers by consumers in respect of Carbon Emission Reduction |
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| | Targets as permitted by the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act |
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| | Duties of a waste collection authority |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘A waste collection authority must— |
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| | (a) | collect without charge any material in its area which has been deposited |
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| | or disposed of in unauthorised locations; |
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| | (b) | provide at least one recycling facility in its area which is open from 7 a.m |
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| | till 11 p.m. seven days per week; |
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| | (c) | collect all recycling material on the same day each week; |
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| | (d) | permit householders to supply their own containers for recycling |
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| | materials or residual waste provided that they are of a similar size and |
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| | design and which do not jeopardise the scheme.’. |
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| | Containers for recycling materials |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘A waste reduction scheme must not— |
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| | (a) | require premises to maintain three or more different containers for |
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| | (b) | include any systems of bins, boxes or containers which provide for |
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| | electronic monitoring, scanning, counting or otherwise measuring |
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| | (c) | authorise any person to sift, sort and monitor the contents of any (a) |
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| | domestic recycling container or (b) residual refuse container; |
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| | (d) | require or supply containers of a design which only the waste authority |
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| | Waste reduction incentives |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | A waste collection authority whose area is in England may make a waste |
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| | reduction scheme, the objective of which is to provide an incentive to recycle |
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| | more domestic waste and accordingly to reduce the amount of residual domestic |
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| | (2) | A waste reduction scheme— |
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| | (a) | must provide for the incentive to be a payment of monies worth in an |
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| | amount which the authority considers will be effective to achieve the |
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| | purposes of the scheme, and |
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| | (b) | may, in particular, permit a person to be supplied with a voucher which |
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| | may be exchanged for goods or services. |
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| | (3) | A waste collection authority may make a waste reduction scheme only if |
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| | arrangements for the collection of recyclable domestic waste from premises |
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| | separately from other waste are available to the occupiers of premises to which |
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| | (4) | A waste reduction scheme— |
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| | (a) | may cover the whole or any part of the area of a waste collection |
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| | (b) | may apply to all domestic premises, to domestic premises other than |
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| | those of a specified description or to specified descriptions of domestic |
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| | (5) | An authority that has made a waste reduction scheme— |
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| | (a) | must publish the scheme in such manner as it considers appropriate, and |
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| | (b) | may amend or revoke the scheme. |
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| | (6) | Where a waste collection authority that operates a waste reduction scheme is not |
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| | also the waste disposal authority— |
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| | (a) | the waste disposal authority may pay to the collection authority |
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| | contributions of such amounts as the disposal authority may determine |
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| | towards expenditure of the collection authority attributable to the |
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| | (b) | the collection authority must supply to the disposal authority such |
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| | information as the disposal authority may reasonably require for the |
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| | purpose of determining amounts under this section. |
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| | “domestic premises” means— |
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| | (a) | a building or self-contained part of a building which is used |
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| | wholly for the purposes of living accommodation, |
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| | (b) | a caravan (as defined in section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and |
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| | Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 2)) that usually and for the |
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| | time being is situated on a caravan site (within the meaning of |
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| | (c) | a moored vessel used wholly for the purposes of living |
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| | “domestic waste” means household waste from domestic premises; |
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| | “recyclable domestic waste” means domestic waste that is capable of being |
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| | “recycling” means recycling, re-using or composting.’. |
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| To move the following Schedule:— |
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| | ‘Charges for single use carrier bags |
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| | Powers to make regulations about charges |
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| | 1 | The relevant national authority may make provision by regulations about |
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| | charging by sellers of goods for the supply of single use carrier bags. |
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| | 2 | The regulations may make provision requiring sellers of goods to charge for |
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| | single use carrier bags supplied— |
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| | (a) | at the place where the goods are sold, for the purpose of enabling the |
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| | goods to be taken away, or |
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| | (b) | for the purpose of enabling the goods to be delivered. |
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| | 3 (1) | “Seller”, in relation to goods, has the meaning given by the regulations which |
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| | may define that term by reference (in particular) to— |
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| | (a) | a person’s involvement in selling the goods, |
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| | (b) | a person’s interest in the goods, or |
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| | (c) | a person’s interest in the place at or from which the goods are sold, |
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| | | or any combination of those factors. |
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| | (2) | The regulations may make provision for regulations under this Schedule to |
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| | (a) | to all sellers of goods, |
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| | (b) | to sellers of goods named in the regulations, |
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| | (c) | to sellers of goods identified by reference to specified factors, or |
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| | (d) | to sellers of goods within paragraph (b) and sellers of goods within |
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| | (3) | The specified factors may include— |
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| | (a) | the place or places at or from which a seller supplies goods; |
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| | (b) | the type of goods that a seller supplies; |
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| | (c) | the value of goods that a seller supplies; |
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| | (d) | a seller’s turnover or any part of that turnover. |
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| | (4) | In this Schedule “specified” means specified in regulations under this |
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| | 4 | The regulations may specify the minimum amount that a seller must charge for |
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| | each single use carrier bag, or provide for that amount to be determined in |
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| | accordance with the regulations. |
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| | 5 | “Single use carrier bag” has the meaning given by the regulations, which may |
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| | define that term by reference (in particular) to— |
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| | (a) | a bag’s size, thickness, construction, composition or other |
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| | 6 (1) | The regulations may appoint a person (an “administrator”) to administer |
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| | provision made by regulations under this Schedule. |
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| | (2) | More than one person may be appointed as administrator. |
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| | (3) | The regulations may confer or impose powers or duties on an administrator and |
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| | may (in particular) do so— |
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| | (a) | by making modifications to any enactment applying to the |
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| | (b) | by providing for any such enactment to apply, with or without |
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| | modifications, for the purposes of regulations under this Schedule. |
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