Waste Management Act, 1996

Amendment of Act of 1992 and Act of 1987.

65.—(1) The Act of 1992 is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion in section 3 of “the disposal of” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “emission”;

(b) the insertion in section 83, after subsection (1), of the following subsection:

“(1A) Prior to, and for the purpose of considering an application for, the grant of a licence or a revised licence, the Agency shall carry out or cause to be carried out such investigations as it considers necessary or as may be prescribed.”.

(c) the insertion in section 83, after subsection (3), of the following subsection:

“(3A) Section 53 of the Waste Management Act, 1996, shall apply in relation to a licence or revised licence under this Part, with the substitution for references in that section to the grant or review of a waste licence of references to the grant or review of a licence or revised licence under this Part and with any other necessary modifications.”.

(2) Section 30 of the Act of 1987 is hereby amended by the substitution, in subsections (1) and (2), for “unless a licence under this Act is in force in relation to the plant”, in each place where those words occur, of the following:

“save under and in accordance with a licence under this Act that is in force in relation to the plant”.