Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Amendment of section 99A of Act of 1992

29. Section 99A of the Act of 1992 is amended by—

(a) in subsection (1) —

(i) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(1)(b),”,

(ii) in paragraph (l), the substitution of “under section 106,” for “under section 106, or”, and

(iii) the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (m):

“(n) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(1)(a),

(o) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(1)(aa),

(p) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(4),

(q) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(5), or

(r) notwithstanding section 96(2), amendments of licences or revised licences under section 96(1).”,

(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Regulations under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (n), (o), (p), (q) or (r) of subsection (1) shall not be made otherwise than with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.”,

and

(c) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(4) The Agency may recover any amount due and owing to it under this section from the person by whom it is payable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.”.