Number 27/2003: Protection of the Environment Act 2003

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Number 27 of 2003

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General

Section
1.	Short title and collective citations.
2.	Commencement.
3.	Repeals and revocations.
4.	Definitions.

PART 2

Amendment of Act of 1992

Chapter 1

Amendment of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 63 and Part III of Act of 1992

5.	Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1992.
6.	Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1992.
7.	Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1992.
8.	Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1992.
9.	Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1992.
10.	Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1992.
11.	Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1992.
12.	Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1992.
13.	Amendment of section 63 of Act of 1992.
14.	Environmental inspections.

Chapter 2

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Under Act of 1992

15.	Substitution of new Part for Part IV of Act of 1992.

Chapter 3

Groundwater Protection

16.	Insertion of Part IVA in Act of 1992.

Chapter 4

Amendment of Section 111 of, and First Schedule to, Act of 1992

17.	Amendment of section 111 of Act of 1992.
18.	Substitution of new First Schedule to Act of 1992.

PART 3

Amendment of Act of 1996

19.	Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1996.
20.	Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1996.
21.	Amendment of Act of 1996 consequent on section 20.
22.	Amendment of section 10 of Act of 1996.
23.	Evidence of consent of landowners in certain cases.
24.	Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1996.
25.	Amendment of section 16 of Act of 1996.
26.	Amendment of section 22 of Act of 1996.
27.	Further amendment of section 22 of Act of 1996: minor textual corrections.
28.	Amendment of section 29 of Act of 1996.
29.	Amendment of section 32 of Act of 1996.
30.	Amendment of section 33 of Act of 1996.
31.	Amendment of section 34 of Act of 1996.
32.	Amendment of section 35 of Act of 1996.
33.	Amendment of section 39 of Act of 1996.
34.	Relationship between Act of 1996 and Act of 1992.
35.	Amendment of section 40 of Act of 1996.
36.	Amendment of section 41 of Act of 1996.
37.	Reckoning of certain periods.
38.	Additional power to amend waste licences.
39.	Amendment of section 44 of Act of 1996.
40.	Amendment of section 46 of Act of 1996.
41.	Power to revoke or suspend waste licence.
42.	Amendment of section 49 of Act of 1996.
43.	Operator of landfill facility to impose charge for disposals.
44.	Insertion of Part VA in Act of 1996 (end-of-life vehicles).
45.	Amendment of section 54 of Act of 1996.
46.	Extension to Agency of powers under section 55 of Act of 1996.
47.	Extension to Agency of powers under section 56 of Act of 1996 and clarification of that section.
48.	Amendment of section 57 of Act of 1996.
49.	Amendment of section 58 of Act of 1996.
50.	Amendment of section 72 of Act of 1996.
51.	Amendment of section 74 of Act of 1996.
52.	Charges for waste services.
53.	Transitional provisions relating to waste licences.
54.	Substitution of new Third Schedule to Act of 1996.
55.	Substitution of new Fourth Schedule to Act of 1996.

PART 4

Amendment of Act of 1997

56.	Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1997.
57.	Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1997.
58.	Amendment of section 24 of Act of 1997.

PART 5

Miscellaneous

59.	Saving for regulations, orders and bye-laws.
60.	Amendment of section 5 of Air Pollution Act 1987.
61.	Amendment of section 34 of Planning and Development Act 2000.

SCHEDULE 1

New First Schedule to Act of 1992

SCHEDULE 2

Repeals and Revocations

SCHEDULE 3

New Third Schedule to Act of 1996

SCHEDULE 4

New Fourth Schedule to Act of 1996

Acts Referred to
Air Pollution Act 1987	1987, No. 6
Companies Acts 1963 to 2001
Electoral Act 1992	1992, No. 23
Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992	1992, No. 7
European Communities Act 1972	1972, No. 27
European Parliament Elections Act 1997	1997, No. 2
Finance Act 1992	1992, No. 9
Finance Act 1993	1993, No. 13
Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952	1952, No. 24
Finance (No. 2) Act 1992	1992, No. 28
Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959	1959, No. 14
Harbours Act 1946	1946, No. 9
Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999	1999, No. 13
Litter Pollution Act 1997	1997, No. 12
Litter Pollution Acts 1997 and 2001
Local Government Act 2001	2001, No. 37
Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983	1983, No. 21
Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts 1878 to 2001
Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977	1977, No. 1
Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 and 1990
Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act 1990	1990, No. 21
Minerals Development Acts 1940 to 1999
Planning and Development Act 2000	2000, No. 30
Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2002
Presidential Elections Act 1993	1993, No. 28
Referendum Act 1994	1994, No. 12
Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979	1979, No. 5
Waste Management Act 1996	1996, No. 10
Waste Management Acts 1996 and 2001
Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001	2001, No. 36
European Communities Regulations Referred To
European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 1994	S.I. No. 84 of 1994

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Number 27 of 2003

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 2003

		AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 96/61/EC OF 24 SEPTEMBER 1996 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONCERNING INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTS ADOPTED BY THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, FOR THAT AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT 1992 AND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 1996, TO AMEND THE LITTER POLLUTION ACT 1997 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
		[14th July, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: