S.I. No. 345/2001 - Waste Management Act, 1996 (Prescribed Date) Order, 2001


In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by sections 7 and 22 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (No. 10 of 1996), which said powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 428 of 1997 ), I, Dan Wallace, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby order as follows:

1.   This Order may be cited as the Waste Management Act, 1996 (Prescribed Date) Order, 2001.

2.   In this Order, “the Act” means the Waste Management Act, 1996 .

3.   The 14th day of September 2001 is the prescribed date for the making of a waste management plan for the purpose of subsection (2) or (3) of section 22 of the Act.

Dated this 24th day of July, 2001

DAN WALLACE

_______________________________

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order provides that 14 September 2001 is the prescribed date by which a waste management plan under section 22 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 must be made.