Waste Management (Amendment) Act, 2001

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Number 36 of 2001


WASTE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definition.

2.

Community acts given effect to by this Act.

3.

Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1996.

4.

Amendment of section 22 of Act of 1996.

5.

Consequential amendment of Act of 1996 related to section 4.

6.

Amendment of section 34 of Act of 1996.

7.

Amendment of section 38 of Act of 1996.

8.

Amendment of section 39 of Act of 1996.

9.

Power to impose environmental levy.

10.

Consequential amendment of Act of 1996 related to section 9.

11.

Power to impose landfill levy.

12.

Environment Fund.

13.

Relationship between Act of 1996 and Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, with regard to certain activities.

14.

Provision with respect to certain monetary amount specified in Litter Pollution Act, 1997.

15.

Short title, collective citations and construction.


Acts Referred to

City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955

1955, No. 12

County Management Acts, 1940 to 1994

Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992

1992, No.   7

Litter Pollution Act, 1997

1997, No. 12

Planning and Development Act, 2000

2000, No. 30

Waste Management Act, 1996

1996, No. 10

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Number 36 of 2001


WASTE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1996, AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO AMEND THAT ACT WITH REGARD TO THE PROCEDURE FOR THE MAKING OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS UNDER IT SO THAT ANY OBSTACLES TO THE STATE BEING ABLE TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CERTAIN ACTS ADOPTED BY INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES BY REASON OF ANY FAILURE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SUCH PLANS ARE REMOVED, TO AMEND THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT, 1992, TO AMEND THE LITTER POLLUTION ACT, 1997, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [17th July, 2001]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: