Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011

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Number 20 of 2011


ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2011


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement.

2. Definitions.

PART 2

Costs of Certain Proceedings to be Borne by Each Party in Certain Circumstances

3. Costs of proceedings to be borne by each party in certain circumstances.

4. Civil proceedings relating to certain licences, etc.

5. Proceedings relating to Information Regulations.

6. Additional proceedings to which section 3 applies.

7. Application to court for determination that section 3 applies to proceedings.

8. Judicial notice to be taken of Convention.

PART 3

Amendment of Act of 1987

9. Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1987.

10. Fixed payment notice.

11. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1987.

PART 4

Amendment of Act of 1996

12. Amendment of section 72 of Act of 1996.

13. Amendment of section 73 of Act of 1996.

14. Amendment of section 74 of Act of 1996.

PART 5

Amendment of Planning and Development Act 2000

15. Definitions.

16. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2000.

17. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2000.

18. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 2000.

19. Amendment of section 30 of Act of 2000.

20. Amendment of section 50A of Act of 2000.

21. Amendment of section 50B of Act of 2000.

22. Amendment of section 57 of Act of 2000.

23. Amendment of section 82 of Act of 2000.

24. Amendment of section 87 of Act of 2000.

25. Amendment of section 130 of Act of 2000.

26. Amendment of section 135 of Act of 2000.

27. Amendment of section 153 of Act of 2000.

28. Amendment of section 157 of Act of 2000.

29. Amendment of section 160 of Act of 2000.

30. Amendment of section 170 of Act of 2000.

31. Amendment of section 177R of Act of 2000.

32. European site that does not host priority habitat or species and draft Land use plan.

33. European site that hosts priority habitat or species and draft Land use plan.

34. Amendment of section 177Z of Act of 2000.

35. European site that does not host priority habitat or species.

36. European site that hosts priority habitat or species.

37. Amendment of section 181A of Act of 2000.

38. Amendment of section 181B of Act of 2000.

39. Amendment of section 182A of Act of 2000.

40. Amendment of section 182C of Act of 2000.

41. Amendment of Seventh Schedule to Act of 2000.

42. Repeal.

PART 6

Miscellaneous

43. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1997.

44. Amendment of Local Government Act 1998.

45. Amendment of section 70 of Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992.

46. Repeal.

47. Savings and transitionals.

48. Placenames.

49. Amendment of section 32 of Official Languages Act 2003.


Acts Referred to

Air Pollution Act 1987

1987, No. 6

Dumping at Sea Act 1996

1996, No. 14

Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992

1992, No. 7

European Communities Act 1972

1972, No. 27

Foreshore Act 1933

1933, No. 12

Forestry Act 1946

1946, No. 13

Freedom of Information Act 1997

1997, No. 13

Gas Act 1976

1976, No. 30

Local Government Act 1998

1998, No. 16

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006

2006, No. 42

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977

1977, No. 1

Minerals Development Act 1940

1940, No. 31

Mines and Quarries Act 1965

1965, No. 7

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

2009, No. 15

Official Languages Act 2003

2003, No. 32

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960

1960, No. 7

Planning and Development Act 2000

2000, No. 30

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010

2010, No. 30

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

2006, No. 27

Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2010

Radiological Protection Act 1991

1991, No. 9

Roads Act 1993

1993, No. 14

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

2001, No. 55

Waste Management Act 1996

1996, No. 10

Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2003

Water Services Act 2007

2007, No. 30

Wildlife Act 1976

1976, No. 39

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Number 20 of 2011


ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2011


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE AIR POLLUTION ACT 1987; THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT 1992; THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 1996; AND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1997; TO MAKE PROVISION FOR COSTS OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS; TO GIVE EFFECT TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS DONE AT AARHUS, DENMARK ON 25 JUNE 1998 AND FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE TO BE TAKEN OF THE CONVENTION; TO AMEND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000; THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1998; THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001 AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT 2003; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[2nd August, 2011]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: