# The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004, Regulation 6: Obligation for waste disposal authorities to keep records and make returns

Extent: E+W

(1) A waste disposal authority must keep records containing the following information for each scheme year—
(a) the amount of collected municipal waste;
(b) the amount of collected municipal waste sent to landfills by the authority; and
(c) the amount of collected municipal waste sent to other waste facilities by the authority.
(2) In relation to municipal waste mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) the record must contain details of—
(a) the total amount sent to each landfill or waste facility; and
(b) the description of the waste, and the appropriate code for the waste, in the List of Wastes;
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) The monitoring authority, or a person authorised in writing by the monitoring authority, may by notice require a waste disposal authority to—
(a) produce for inspection, or for removal for inspection elsewhere, any of the records that it is required to maintain under paragraph (1);
(b) supply the monitoring authority with information about, or evidence as to, matters connected with the sending of biodegradable 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.
(6) 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1490/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-allowances-scheme-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-6
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