Waste Management Act, 1996
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Non-application of this Act. |
3.—(1) This Act shall not apply to— | |
(a) an emission into the atmosphere, other than an emission from a facility for the holding, recovery or disposal of waste; | ||
(b) sewage and sewage effluent (other than sludge from a facility for the treatment of sewage); | ||
(c) the treatment of effluent or the discharge thereof to waters, other than the treatment of effluent at, or its discharge from, a facility for the holding, recovery or disposal of waste; | ||
(d) the dumping of waste at sea; or | ||
(e) a radioactive substance within the meaning of the Radiological Protection Act, 1991 (including a radioactive waste product). | ||
(2) “Dumping” in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) has the meaning assigned to it by the Dumping at Sea Act, 1981 . |