Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022
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Number 26 of 2022 | ||
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Provisions relating to the circular economy | ||
13. Offences in relation to, recovery etc. of, environmental levy | ||
Amendments to Act of 1996 | ||
21. Operation of mobile recording device by authorised person for certain purposes | ||
23. Admissibility of evidence obtained under section 14, 14A or 14B | ||
30. Powers to make regulations in respect of end-of-waste and by-products processes | ||
Amendments to Act of 1997 | ||
Natural Resources | ||
Amendment of Minerals Development Act 1940 | ||
Amendments to Minerals Development Act 2017 | ||
38. Amendment of section 17 of Minerals Development Act 2017 | ||
39. Amendment of section 65 of Minerals Development Act 2017 | ||
40. Amendment of section 66 of Minerals Development Act 2017 | ||
Amendment of Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 | ||
41. Amendment of section 87 of Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 | ||
Amendment of Electricity Regulation Act 1999 | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (No. 21) | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) | ||
Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23) | ||
Litter Pollution Act 1997 (No. 12) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Minerals Development Act 1940 (No. 31) | ||
Minerals Development Act 2017 (No. 23) | ||
Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30) | ||
Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10) | ||
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Number 26 of 2022 | ||
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022 | ||
An Act to provide for the making by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of a circular economy strategy; to provide for the establishment of the Circular Economy Fund; to make provision in relation to the Environment Fund; to provide for the establishment by the Environmental Protection Agency of a circular economy programme; to provide for a levy on certain single-use items; to provide for the prohibition on the supply of certain single-use items; to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2015/720 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20151 and Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 20192 ; to provide for the making of a national food waste prevention strategy; to make provision for the use by local authorities of closed circuit television and mobile recording devices in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997 ; to provide for the inclusion of targets in respect of re-used and repaired products and materials in waste management plans; to provide for the introduction of a requirement for segregated waste bins and incentivised charging for the commercial sector; to make provision in relation to the operation of the National Waste Collection Permit Office; to provide for a waste recovery levy; to provide for the making by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of regulations to regulate end-of-waste and by-product notifications to the Environmental Protection Agency; for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 20083 ; for those purposes to amend the Waste Management Act 1996 ; to provide for a prohibition on certain licences relating to coal, lignite and oil shale and for that purpose to amend the Minerals Development Act 1940 and the Minerals Development Act 2017 ; to make provision in respect of applications to the Environmental Protection Agency for licences, reviews of licences or revised licences in circumstances where an order under section 181(2)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 has been made, or is proposed to be made, by a Minister of the Government for development comprising or for the purposes of the activity to which the application relates and for that purpose to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 ; to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 20194 and for that purpose to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[21st July, 2022] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||
1 O.J. No. L.115, 6.5.2015, p. 11 2 O.J. No. L.155, 12.6.2019, p. 1 |
