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Number 20 of 2011
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ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2011
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement.
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2. Definitions.
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PART 2
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Costs of Certain Proceedings to be Borne by Each Party in Certain Circumstances
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3. Costs of proceedings to be borne by each party in certain circumstances.
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4. Civil proceedings relating to certain licences, etc.
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5. Proceedings relating to Information Regulations.
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6. Additional proceedings to which section 3 applies.
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7. Application to court for determination that section 3 applies to proceedings.
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8. Judicial notice to be taken of Convention.
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PART 3
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Amendment of Act of 1987
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9. Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1987.
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10. Fixed payment notice.
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11. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1987.
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PART 4
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Amendment of Act of 1996
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12. Amendment of section 72 of Act of 1996.
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13. Amendment of section 73 of Act of 1996.
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14. Amendment of section 74 of Act of 1996.
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PART 5
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Amendment of Planning and Development Act 2000
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15. Definitions.
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16. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2000.
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17. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2000.
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18. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 2000.
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19. Amendment of section 30 of Act of 2000.
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20. Amendment of section 50A of Act of 2000.
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21. Amendment of section 50B of Act of 2000.
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22. Amendment of section 57 of Act of 2000.
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23. Amendment of section 82 of Act of 2000.
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24. Amendment of section 87 of Act of 2000.
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25. Amendment of section 130 of Act of 2000.
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26. Amendment of section 135 of Act of 2000.
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27. Amendment of section 153 of Act of 2000.
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28. Amendment of section 157 of Act of 2000.
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29. Amendment of section 160 of Act of 2000.
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30. Amendment of section 170 of Act of 2000.
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31. Amendment of section 177R of Act of 2000.
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32. European site that does not host priority habitat or species and draft Land use plan.
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33. European site that hosts priority habitat or species and draft Land use plan.
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34. Amendment of section 177Z of Act of 2000.
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35. European site that does not host priority habitat or species.
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36. European site that hosts priority habitat or species.
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37. Amendment of section 181A of Act of 2000.
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38. Amendment of section 181B of Act of 2000.
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39. Amendment of section 182A of Act of 2000.
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40. Amendment of section 182C of Act of 2000.
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41. Amendment of Seventh Schedule to Act of 2000.
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42. Repeal.
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PART 6
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Miscellaneous
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43. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 1997.
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44. Amendment of Local Government Act 1998.
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45. Amendment of section 70 of Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992.
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46. Repeal.
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47. Savings and transitionals.
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48. Placenames.
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49. Amendment of section 32 of Official Languages Act 2003.
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Acts Referred to
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Air Pollution Act 1987
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1987, No. 6
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Dumping at Sea Act 1996
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1996, No. 14
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Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992
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1992, No. 7
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European Communities Act 1972
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1972, No. 27
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Foreshore Act 1933
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1933, No. 12
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Forestry Act 1946
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1946, No. 13
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Freedom of Information Act 1997
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1997, No. 13
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Gas Act 1976
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1976, No. 30
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Local Government Act 1998
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1998, No. 16
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Local Government Act 2001
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2001, No. 37
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Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006
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2006, No. 42
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Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977
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1977, No. 1
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Minerals Development Act 1940
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1940, No. 31
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Mines and Quarries Act 1965
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1965, No. 7
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009
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2009, No. 15
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Official Languages Act 2003
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2003, No. 32
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Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960
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1960, No. 7
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Planning and Development Act 2000
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2000, No. 30
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Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010
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2010, No. 30
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Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006
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2006, No. 27
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Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2010
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Radiological Protection Act 1991
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1991, No. 9
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Roads Act 1993
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1993, No. 14
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Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001
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2001, No. 55
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Waste Management Act 1996
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1996, No. 10
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Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2003
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Water Services Act 2007
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2007, No. 30
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Wildlife Act 1976
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1976, No. 39
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Number 20 of 2011
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ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2011
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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.
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[2nd August, 2011]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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