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27 2003

Protection of the Environment Act 2003

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title and collective citations.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Protection of the Environment Act 2003 .

(2) The Act of 1992 and Part 2 of this Act may be cited together as the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1992 and 2003.

(3) The Waste Management Acts 1996 and 2001 and Part 3 of this Act may be cited together as the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2003.

(4) The Litter Pollution Acts 1997 and 2001 and Part 4 of this Act may be cited together as the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2003.

Commencement.

2. —This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

Repeals and revocations.

3. —(1) Each enactment mentioned in column (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act is repealed to the extent specified in column (3) of that Part.

(2) Each statutory instrument mentioned in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this Act is revoked to the extent specified in column (3) of that Part.

Definitions.

4. —In this Act—

“Act of 1992” means the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 ;

“Act of 1996” means the Waste Management Act 1996 ;

“Act of 1997” means the Litter Pollution Act 1997 ;

“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.