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No. 10/1996:
WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1996
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART I PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
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1 Short title and commencement.
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2 Community acts given effect to by this Act.
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3 Non-application of this Act.
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4 Definitions of "waste", "hazardous waste", "disposal", "recovery".
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5 Interpretation generally.
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6 Repeals and revocations.
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7 Regulations, orders and directions.
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8 Orders in relation to Third Schedule or Fourth Schedule.
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9 Offences by bodies corporate.
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10 Penalties.
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11 Prosecution of offences.
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12 Costs of prosecutions.
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13 Payment of certain fines to local authority, Agency or other persons.
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14 Powers of authorised person.
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15 Monitoring and inspection.
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16 Service of notices.
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17 Time for the doing of certain things: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, etc.
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18 Information.
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19 Register to be maintained by each local authority and the Agency.
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20 Expenses.
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21 Transfer of functions from local authorities to Agency, etc.
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PART II WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING
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22 Waste management plans.
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23 Publication of notices in relation to waste management plans and procedure on review of such plans.
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24 Power of Minister in relation to waste management plans.
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25 Duty of local authority on making, varying or replacing a waste management plan.
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26 Hazardous waste management plan.
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PART III MEASURES TO REDUCE PRODUCTION, AND PROMOTE RECOVERY, OF WASTE
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27 Interpretation (Part III).
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28 Waste prevention and minimisation.
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29 Measures related to recovery of waste.
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30 Public authority waste management.
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31 Recovery of waste by local authorities.
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PART IV HOLDING, COLLECTION AND MOVEMENT OF WASTE
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32 General duty of a holder of waste.
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33 Collection of waste.
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34 Waste collection permits.
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35 Presentation of waste for collection.
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36 Regulations in relation to movement of waste.
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PART V RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
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37 Interpretation (Part V).
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38 Waste management facilities.
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39 Requirement to hold waste licence.
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40 Grant of waste licences.
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41 Conditions attached to a waste licence.
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42 Application for a waste licence or review of a waste licence.
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43 Section 42: supplementary provisions.
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44 Conduct of oral hearing and written report thereon.
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45 Regulations regarding waste licences.
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46 Review of waste licences.
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47 Transfer of waste licences.
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48 Surrender of waste licences.
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49 Limit on duration of waste licences.
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50 Fees.
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51 Recovery of sludges and agricultural waste.
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52 Discharges to sewers.
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53 Financial provisions regarding waste recovery and disposal.
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54 Application of the Act of 1963 and related regulations.
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PART VI GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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55 Power of local authority to require measures to be taken in relation to the holding, recovery or disposal of waste.
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56 Powers of local authority to take measures to prevent or limit environmental pollution caused by waste.
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57 Power of High Court in relation to the holding, recovery or disposal of waste.
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58 Remedies for unauthorised holding, recovery or disposal of waste.
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59 Functions of local authorities in regard to waste.
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PART VII MISCELLANEOUS
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60 Policy directions by Minister in relation to waste licensing, the movement of waste and other matters.
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61 Detention and forfeiture of certain vehicles and equipment.
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62 Power to give effect to Community acts.
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63 Agreements between Agency and other public authorities.
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64 Mass balances of specified substances.
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65 Amendment of Act of 1992 and Act of 1987.
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66 Amendment of Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977.
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67 Immunity of the Agency and local authorities.
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68 Adaptation of certain references and transitional provisions.
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69 Transfer of functions in relation to waste licences.
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70 Exclusion of certain enactments relating to public health.
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71 Abandoned vehicles.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
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SECOND SCHEDULE
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THIRD SCHEDULE
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
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FIFTH SCHEDULE
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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.
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[20th May, 1996]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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