The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/3042 (W.)
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 16 January 2012 and apply in relation to Wales.

(3) In these Regulations “the 2004 Regulations” (“ Rheoliadau 2004 ”) means the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004 .

Section 2 Amendment of the 2004 Regulations

The 2004 Regulations are amended as follows

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 2(1) (interpretation)

In regulation 2(1) —

(a) omit the definition of “the Assembly” (“ y Cynulliad ”);

(b) omit the definition of “collected municipal waste” (“ gwastraff trefol a gasglwyd ”);

(c) in the appropriate places insert—

“biodegradable collected municipal waste” (“ gwastraff trefol pydradwy a gasglwyd ”) means biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste ;

“collected municipal waste” (“ gwastraff trefol a gasglwyd ”) means local authority collected municipal waste ;

(d) omit the definitions of “waste collection authority” (“ awdurdod casglu gwastraff ”) and “waste disposal authority” (“ awdurdod gwaredu gwastraff ”).

Section 4 Substituting “the Welsh Ministers” for “the Assembly”

In each place in which it occurs in regulations 2, 11, 15 and 16 for “the Assembly” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”.

Section 5 Substitution of the term “collected municipal waste”

In the following places for “municipal waste” substitute “collected municipal waste”—

(a) regulation 6(1)(b) and (c);

(b) in the second place where it occurs in regulation 14(2)(i);

(c) regulation 14(2)(ii).

Section 6 Substitution of the term “biodegradable collected municipal waste”

In every place in which it occurs for “biodegradable municipal waste” substitute “biodegradable collected municipal waste”.

Section 7 Substitution of regulation 8 (determining the amount of biodegradable municipal waste in an amount of waste)

For regulation 8 substitute—

Determining the amount of biodegradable collected municipal waste in an amount of collected municipal waste

(8) Sixty-one percent of an amount of collected municipal waste is deemed to be biodegradable collected municipal waste.

Section 8 Revocation of the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 are revoked.