Number 10/1996: WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1996

10 1996

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Number 10 of 1996

WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1996

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Community acts given effect to by this Act.
3.	Non-application of this Act.
4.	Definitions of “waste”, “hazardous waste”, “disposal”, “recovery”.
5.	Interpretation generally.
6.	Repeals and revocations.
7.	Regulations, orders and directions.
8.	Orders in relation to Third Schedule or Fourth Schedule.
9.	Offences by bodies corporate.
10.	Penalties.
11.	Prosecution of offences.
12.	Cost of prosecutions.
13.	Payment of certain fines to local authority, Agency or other persons.
14.	Powers of authorised person.
15.	Monitoring and inspection.
16.	Service of notices.
17.	Time for the doing of certain things: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, etc.
18.	Information.
19.	Register to be maintained by each local authority and the Agency.
20.	Expenses.
21.	Transfer of functions from local authorities to Agency, etc.

PART II

Waste Management Planning

22.	Waste management plans.
23.	Publication of notices in relation to waste management plans and procedure on review of such plans.
24.	Power of Minister in relation to waste management plans.
25.	Duty of local authority on making, varying or replacing a waste management plan.
26.	Hazardous waste management plan.

PART III

Measures to Reduce Production, and Promote Recovery, of Waste

27.	Interpretation (Part III).
28.	Waste prevention and minimisation.
29.	Measures related to recovery of waste.
30.	Public authority waste management.
31.	Recovery of waste by local authorities.

PART IV

Holding, Collection and Movement of Waste

32.	General duty of a holder of waste.
33.	Collection of waste.
34.	Waste collection permits.
35.	Presentation of waste for collection.
36.	Regulations in relation to movement of waste.

PART V

Recovery And Disposal Of Waste

37.	Interpretation (Part V).
38.	Waste management facilities.
39.	Requirement to hold waste licence.
40.	Grant of waste licences.
41.	Conditions attached to a waste licence.
42.	Application for a waste licence or review of a waste licence.
43.	Section 42: supplementary provisions.
44.	Conduct of oral hearing and written report thereon.
45.	Regulations regarding waste licences.
46.	Review of waste licences.
47.	Transfer of waste licences.
48.	Surrender of waste licences.
49.	Limit on duration of waste licences.
50.	Fees.
51.	Recovery of sludges and agricultural waste.
52.	Discharges to sewers.
53.	Financial provisions regarding waste recovery and disposal.
54.	Application of the Act of 1963 and related regulations.

PART VI

General Provisions Regarding Environmental Protection

55.	Power of local authority to require measures to be taken in relation to the holding, recovery or disposal of waste.
56.	Powers of local authority to take measures to prevent or limit environmental pollution caused by waste.
57.	Powers of High Court in relation to the holding, recovery or disposal of waste.
58.	Remedies for unauthorised holding, recovery or disposal of waste.
59.	Functions of local authorities in regard to waste.

PART VII

Miscellaneous

60.	Policy directions by Minister in relation to waste licensing, the movement of waste and other matters.
61.	Detention and forfeiture of certain vehicles and equipment.
62.	Power to give effect to Community acts.
63.	Agreements between Agency and other public authorities.
64.	Mass balances of specified substances.
65.	Amendment of Act of 1992 and Act of 1987.
66.	Amendment of Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977.
67.	Immunity of the Agency and local authorities.
68.	Adaptation of certain references and transitional provisions.
69.	Transfer of functions in relation to waste licences.
70.	Exclusion of certain enactments relating to public health.
71.	Abandoned vehicles.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Categories of Waste

SECOND SCHEDULE

Hazardous Waste

Part I

Categories or Generic Types of Hazardous Waste

Part II

Constituents of Category II Waste which render it hazardous when it has the properties specified in Part III

Part III

Properties of Waste which render it hazardous

THIRD SCHEDULE

Waste Disposal Activities

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Waste Recovery Activities

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Repeals and Revocations

Part I

Enactments Repealed

Part II

Statutory Instruments Revoked

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Number 10 of 1996

WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1996

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF WASTE; TO GIVE EFFECT TO PROVISIONS OF CERTAIN ACTS ADOPTED BY INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES IN RESPECT OF THOSE MATTERS; TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT, 1992 , AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN ENACTMENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [20th May, 1996]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: