Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019
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Disposal of microbeads | ||
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4. (1) A person shall not dispose, or cause the disposal, of a substance containing microbeads in— | ||
(a) the maritime area or the inland waters of the State, | ||
(b) any drain, service connection or waste water works, | ||
(c) any domestic waste water treatment system, or | ||
(d) on the high seas from an Irish ship. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(3) It shall be a defence to proceedings for an offence under this section for the defendant to show that he or she took all measures reasonably necessary to prevent a contravention of subsection (1). | ||
(4) In this section— | ||
“Act of 2007” means the Water Services Act 2007 ; | ||
“domestic waste water treatment system” has the meaning assigned to it by Part 4A (inserted by section 4 of the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 ) of the Act of 2007; | ||
“drain”, “groundwater”, “service connection” and “waste water works” have the meanings assigned to them by the Act of 2007; | ||
“inland waters” means all inland or internal waters of the State (whether or not artificially created) and includes all rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, aquifers, canals, reservoirs and groundwater; | ||
“maritime area” has the meaning assigned to it by Part 5 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 . |