Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

In these Regulations –

• “the Act” means the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003;

• F1...

• “the Department” means the Department of the Environment

• F2“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^f2;

• F3“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;

• F4“recovery” has the same meaning as in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste F5as last amended by F6Directive (EU) 2018/851;

• “relevant authority” means –

  1. (a)

     the monitoring authority,

  2. (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 –

  1. (a)

     different scheme years, the chronological order in which those allowances were allocated,

  2. (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.

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.

In these Regulations a landfill allowance is available to a district council for a scheme year –