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Regulation 12 Determining the amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste in amounts of wasteF8I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The provisions in this regulation apply for the purposes of –

(a)

determining whether a district council is liable to a penalty under section 9 of the Act;

(b)

the provisions in –

(i)

section 10(2)(a), (b) and (d) of the Act,

(ii)

regulation 13.

(2)

For the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1) it must be assumed that –

(a)

the amount of F1biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste in an amount of F2local authority collected municipal waste is F364% by weight (rounded up to the nearest tonne);

(b)

an amount of F4separated local authority collected municipal waste is comprised only of those types of waste which it is the purpose of the process of separation to separate; and

(c)

where an amount of F5separated local authority collected municipal waste contains a type of waste which is listed in the first column of the table in the Schedule to these Regulations, the amount of F6biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste by weight in that type of waste is the corresponding amount in the second column of that table (rounded up to the nearest relevant amount).

F7(3)

In paragraph (2)—

  • “amount of local authority collected municipal waste” means the amount of local authority collected municipal waste for any period of time, but such period must be not less than three months;

  • “nearest relevant amount” means—

    1. (a)

      the nearest tonne; or

    2. (b)

      where the amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste referred to in paragraph (2)(c) is—

      1. (i)

        less than 10 tonnes, the nearest 100 kilograms;

      2. (ii)

        less than 1 tonne, the nearest 10 kilograms;

  • “separated local authority collected municipal waste” means waste which has been separated from other local authority collected municipal waste, whether the separation occurs before or after the waste has been collected under arrangements made by a district council.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 12(2)(a) substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)

F2

Words in reg. 12(2)(a) substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)

F3

Word in reg. 12(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/46), regs. 1(1), 2

F4

Words in reg. 12(2)(b) substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(6)

F5

Words in reg. 12(2)(c) substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(6)

F6

Words in reg. 12(2)(c) substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)

F7

Reg. 12(3) substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(7)

F8

Words in reg. 12 heading substituted (22.11.2011) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/373), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 12 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)