Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022
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Amendment of section 10A of Act of 1996 | ||
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18. Section 10A of the Act of 1996 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (4)— | ||
(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) €2,000 where the relevant offence consists of a contravention of— | ||
(i) Regulation 10(5)(a) of the WEEE Regulations, | ||
(ii) Regulation 17(1)(a)(i) of the Batteries and Accumulators Regulations, or | ||
(iii) Regulation 9(a) or 21(1)(a) of the Tyres and Waste Tyres Regulations,”, | ||
(ii) in paragraph (b)— | ||
(I) in subparagraph (iii), by the substitution of “Packaging Regulations,” for “Packaging Regulations, or”, | ||
(II) in subparagraph (iv), by the substitution of “the WEEE Regulations, or” for “the WEEE Regulations”, and | ||
(III) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iv): | ||
“(v) Regulation 9(d), 14, 19 or 29(1)(b) of the Tyres and Waste Tyres Regulations,”, | ||
and | ||
(iii) in paragraph (c)— | ||
(I) in subparagraph (ii), by the substitution of “Packaging Regulations,” for “Packaging Regulations, or”, | ||
(II) in subparagraph (iii), by the substitution of “WEEE Regulations, or” for “WEEE Regulations,” and | ||
(III) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iii): | ||
“(iv) Regulation 24(2), 26(a), 26(b), 42(2) or 42(3) of the Tyres and Waste Tyres Regulations”, | ||
and | ||
(b) in subsection (6)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (a)— | ||
(I) in the definition of “authorised person”— | ||
(A) in subparagraph (iii), by the substitution of “Packaging Regulations,” for “Packaging Regulations, and”, | ||
(B) in subparagraph (iv), by the substitution of “WEEE Regulations, and” for “WEEE Regulations;”, and | ||
(C) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iv): | ||
“(v) in relation to a relevant offence referred to in paragraph (b)(v), an authorised person within the meaning of the Tyres and Waste Tyres Regulations;”, | ||
and | ||
(II) by the insertion of the following definition after the definition of “End of Life Vehicles Regulations”: | ||
“‘Tyres and Waste Tyres Regulations’ means the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 400 of 2017 );”, | ||
and | ||
(ii) in paragraph (b)— | ||
(I) in subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “contravention of Regulation 17(1)(a)(i), Regulation 17(3),” for “contravention of Regulation 17(3),”, | ||
(II) in subparagraph (iii), by the substitution of “those regulations,” for “those regulations, or”, | ||
(III) in subparagraph (iv), by the substitution of “those regulations, or” for “those regulations.”, and | ||
(IV) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iv): | ||
“(v) an offence under Regulation 46 of the Tyres and Waste Tyres Regulations consisting of a contravention of Regulation 9(a), 9(d), 14, 19, 21(1) (a), 24(2), 26(a), 26(b), 29(1) (b), 42(2) or 42(3) of those Regulations.”. |