# The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In these Regulations –
“the Act” means the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003;
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“the Department” means the Department of the Environment
“disposal” has the same meaning as in the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;
“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
“European Waste Catalogue” has the same meaning as in the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;
“landfill allowance account” means the landfill allowance account contained in the landfill allowances register under regulation 15(2) and (3);
“reconciliation period” means the period of 6 months following the end of a scheme year;
“recovery” has the same meaning as in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851;
“relevant authority” means –
(a)the monitoring authority,
(b)the Department;
“treatment” has the same meaning as in section 22(4) of the Act;
“vintage” means in respect of landfill allowances allocated for –
(a)different scheme years, the chronological order in which those allowances were allocated,
(b)for the same scheme year, the order in which those landfill allowances were allocated for that year; and
“waste facility” means a facility for the disposal or recovery of waste other than a landfill.
(3) In these Regulations references to waste being sent by a district council to a landfill or a waste facility are references to waste being sent to such a landfill or facility in pursuance of arrangements made by the district council.
(4) In these Regulations a landfill allowance is available to a district council for a scheme year –
(a) for the purposes of regulation 6 if it has –
(i) been allocated to the district council for that scheme year, and
(ii) not subsequently been transferred or withdrawn;
(b) for all other purposes if it has been –
(i) allocated to the district council for that scheme year, or
(ii) borrowed or transferred to that scheme year,
and not subsequently been borrowed, transferred or withdrawn.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/416/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-allowances-scheme-northern-ireland-regulations-2004/regulation-2
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