Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003

The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003^[1]
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about waste and about penalties for non-compliance with schemes for the trading of emissions quotas.
Citation	2003 c 33
Royal Assent	13 November 2003
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The white paper "Waste Strategy 2000: England and Wales" (Cm 4693) is a precursor of this Act.^[2]

Part 1 - Waste

This Part was intended to give effect to articles 5(1) and (2) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC (OJ L 182, 16 July 1999, page 1).^[3]

The powers conferred by sections 6 and 7 and 10 to 13 and 15 and 16 and 26 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3212) and the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/416)

The powers conferred by sections 10 to 13 and 15 and 16 and 26 and 36 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1490 (W. 155))

The powers conferred by sections 11(1) and 11(2)(b) and (d) and (f) and 11(3) and 12(1) and (4) and 24(1)(c) and 26(3) were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2555 (W. 279)

The powers conferred by sections 6 and 7 and 10 to 13 and 15 and 16 and 26 and 36 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (SSI 2005/157)

The powers conferred by sections 6 and 10 to 12 and 15 and 26 were exercised by the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (SR 2011/373) and by Part 3 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2499) to amend the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004.

Section 11 - Scheme regulations

The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (SR 2009/46) were made under section 11(2).

Section 26 - Penalties under Chapter 1: general

The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (SR 2005/208) were made under section 26(3).

The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/880) were made under section 26(3)(a).

Section 40 - Commencement

The following orders have been made under this section:

The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1163 (C. 49))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1874 (C. 80))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3192 (C. 138))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) (Great Britain) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3320 (C. 152))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) (England and Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3319 (C. 151))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3181 (C. 137))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3321 (C. 153))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement) (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1488 (W. 153))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/52 (C. 4))
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004/399 (C. 19))

References

Halsbury's Statutes,

↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 42 of this Act.
↑ Explanatory notes, paragraph 4
↑ Explanatory notes, paragraph 4

External links

The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003, as amended from the National Archives.
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
Explanatory notes to the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003.

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800

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Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland Orders in Council for Northern Ireland

Orders-in-Council	Order in Council

Secondary legislation	United Kingdom Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Act of Sederunt, Act of Adjournal

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