S.I. No. 31/2010 - Waste Management (Landfill Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

INDEX

1. Citation.

2. Commencement.

3. Interpretation.

4. Amendment of Article 4 of the Regulations of 2008.

S.I. No. 31 of 2010

WASTE MANAGEMENT (LANDFILL LEVY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2010

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th January, 2010.

I, JOHN GORMLEY, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 7, 18 and 73 of the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2010, hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

Commencement

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 February 2010.

Interpretation

3. In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires—

“Regulations of 2008” means the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No.199 of 2008 ) as amended by the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Amendment Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 550 of 2009 );

“Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2010” means the Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10 of 1996) as amended by the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 36 of 2001), Part 3 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003 (No. 27 of 2003), the Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 290 of 2005 ), the Waste Management (Environmental Levy) (Plastic Bag) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 62 of 2007 ), the Waste Management (Registration of Brokers and Dealers) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 113 of 2008 ), the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Order 2008 ( S.I. No. 168 of 2008 ), the Waste Management (Certification of Historic Unlicenced Waste Disposal and Recovery Activity) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 524 of 2008 ), the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Order 2009 ( S.I. No. 496 of 2009 ) and the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 13 of 2010 ).

Amendment of Article 4 of Regulations of 2008

4. (1) Article 4 (2)(a) of the Regulations of 2008 is hereby amended by the substitution of “€30” for “€25”.

(2) Article 4 (2)(b) of the Regulations of 2008 is hereby amended by the substitution of “€30” for “€25”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 January 2010.

JOHN GORMLEY,

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations increase the landfill levy for waste disposed of at an authorised or unauthorised landfill facility from €25 per tonne to €30 per tonne with effect from 1 February 2010.