Regulation 6 Obligation for waste disposal authorities to keep records and make returns
England and Wales
A waste disposal authority must keep records containing the following information for each scheme year—
the amount of collected municipal waste;
the amount of F1collected municipal waste sent to landfills by the authority; and
the amount of F2collected municipal waste sent to other waste facilities by the authority.
In relation to municipal waste mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) the record must contain details of—
the total amount sent to each landfill or waste facility; and
the description of the waste, and the appropriate code for the waste, in the F3List of Wastes;
The records under paragraph (1) must be kept for a period of three years beginning on the day after the date that the reconciliation period for the scheme year ends.
A waste disposal authority must submit to the monitoring authority a return containing the information in paragraph (1) for each 3 month period ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December within one month of the end of that period.
The monitoring authority, or a person authorised in writing by the monitoring authority, may by notice require a waste disposal authority to—
produce for inspection, or for removal for inspection elsewhere, any of the records that it is required to maintain under paragraph (1);
supply the monitoring authority with information about, or evidence as to, matters connected with the sending of F4biodegradable collected municipal waste to landfills;
and to do so in such form, at such reasonable place and within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice.
The monitoring authority, or a person authorised in writing by the monitoring authority, may make copies of any records produced or supplied under paragraph (5).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 6(1)(b) substituted (15.1.2012 immediately after 12:01 am) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/65), regs. 1(3), 2(2), 7(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 6(1)(c) substituted (15.1.2012 immediately after 12:01 am) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/65), regs. 1(3), 2(2), 7(a)
- F3
Words in reg. 6(2)(b) substituted (20.7.2015) by The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1417), regs. 1(2), 2(3)
- F4
Words in Regulations substituted (15.1.2012 immediately after 12:01 am) by The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/65), regs. 1(3), 2(2), 8
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
2003 c. 33. See sections 12(4) and 13(7) for definitions of “prescribed”.