Waste Management Act, 1996

Fees.

50.—(1) The Minister shall make regulations providing for the, payment to a local authority or the Agency, as appropriate, of a fee of a specified amount in respect of—

(a) an application made to the local authority for the grant of a waste collection permit under section 34 ,

(b) an application made to the Agency for—

(i) the grant of a waste licence under section 40 ;

(ii) a review of such a licence under section 46 ;

(iii) the transfer of such a licence under section 47 ;

(iv) the surrender of such a licence under section 48 ; and

(v) the extension for the purposes of section 49 of a period mentioned in that section,

(c) an objection made to the Agency under section 42 (3) or a request for an oral hearing in relation to such an objection made to it under section 42 (9),

and such regulations may make provision for—

(I) the payment of fees of different amounts in respect of different classes of such applications or other matters as aforesaid,

(II) the exemption from the payment of any such fee in such circumstances as may be specified,

(III) the waiver, remission or refund (in whole or in part) of any such fee in such circumstances as may be specified, and

(IV) the manner in which such fees may be disposed of.

(2) Where, pursuant to regulations under this section, a fee is payable to a local authority or the Agency in respect of an application or request made to it, the local authority or the Agency, as the case may be, shall not consider or determine the application or request unless and until such fee is received.