Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 3212 of 2004). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Soil pollution/quality Pollution control Waste disposal Registration Organic waste Offences/penalties Waste management Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes Enters into force on 1 April 2005. Abstract These Regulations make provision for implementing Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act (waste sent to landfills) including the landfill allowances scheme under that Part. Part 2 includes provisions on the allocation, banking, borrowing and transfer of landfill allowances. After the Secretary of State has made an allocation of landfill allowances under section 4 of the Act, the monitoring authority is required under regulation 5 to assign reference numbers to those allowances and to allocate them to the landfill allowance accounts of waste disposal authorities. Part 3 concerns the monitoring of the landfill allowances scheme. Part 4 contains provisions on registers. The monitoring authority must maintain a landfill allowances register, and the Secretary of State must maintain a penalties register. Part 5 contains provisions on penalties. Part 6 concerns guidance. It requires waste disposal authorities to have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State in exercising functions in relation to biodegradable municipal waste. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Chapter 33 of 2003). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2003 Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Soil rehabilitation, Waste disposal, Organic waste, Solid waste, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste. Legislation | European Union | 1999 (2018) Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Ozone layer, Authorization/permit, Classification/declassification, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Basic legislation, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste prevention, Monitoring, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 2499 of 2011). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011 Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Waste disposal, Organic waste, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 880 of 2005). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005 Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Waste disposal, Registration, Organic waste, Offences/penalties, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX