Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977

Service of notices under Act.

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32. (1) Any notice required to be given or served by or under this Act shall be addressed to the person concerned and given or served in one of the following ways—

(a) by addressing it to him by name and delivering it to him,

(b) by leaving it at the address at which he ordinarily resides,

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter addressed to him at the address at which he ordinarily resides,

(d) where the address at which he ordinarily resides cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry and the notice is required to be given in respect of any premises or vessel, by delivering it to a person over 16 years of age resident or employed on the premises or vessel or by affixing it in a conspicuous position on or near the premises or vessel.

(2) Where the name of the occupier cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry a notice under this section may be addressed to “ the occupier ”.

(3) For the purpose of this section a company registered under the Companies Act, 1963, shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.

Annotations:

Modifications (not altering text):

C55

Application of section modified (27.05.1996) by Environmental Protection Agency (Extension of Powers) Order 1996 (S.I. No. 126 of 1996), art. 4, in effect as per art. 2.

4. The provisions of the Act of 1977, of that Act as amended by the Act of 1990, and of the Act of 1990, which are specified in the Table hereunder as modified by this Order shall apply to the Agency in lieu of the local authority or sanitary authority for the purposes of the prevention or limitation, or the remedying of the effects, as the case may be, of water pollution from an activity, other than an activity to which section 99 (2) of the Act applies, in respect of which a licence or revised licence under Part IV of the Act is in force.

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The whole section.

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5. For the purposes of article 4, a function conferred on a local authority or sanitary authority, or anything required to be done in relation to a local authority or sanitary authority, as the case may be, under any of the provisions of the Act of 1977, of that Act as amended by the Act of 1990 and of the Act of 1990 which are specified in that article shall, as the case may be, be exercised by, or done in relation to, the Agency in lieu of the local authority or sanitary authority.

6. (1) For the purposes of articles 4 and 5, for references to "local authority" or "sanitary authority" in any of the provisions therein referred to (other than section 10 (8) (f) of the Act of 1977), there shall be substituted the following—

"the Environmental Protection Agency, in the case of an activity in respect of which a licence or revised licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 , is in force and, in any other case, a local authority, or sanitary authority, as the case may be",

and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.

(2) For the purposes of articles 4 and 5, the provisions of the Act of 1977 and the Act of 1990 which are specified in the said articles shall apply as modified in the manner set out in the First Schedule.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

Modifications of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts, 1977 and 1990

The provisions of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts. 1977 and 1990 as modified for the purposes of articles 6 (2) and 9 are set out as follows— ...

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C56

Application of section modified (1.08.1994) by Environmental Protection Agency (Extension of Powers) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 206 of 1994), art. 4, in effect as per art. 2.

4. The provisions of the Act of 1977, of that Act as amended by the Act of 1990, and of the Act of 1990, which are specified in the Table hereunder as modified by this Order

shall apply to the Agency in lieu of the local authority or sanitary authority for the purposes of the prevention or limitation, or the remedying of the effects, as the case may be, of water pollution from an activity, other than an activity to which section 99 (2) of the Act applies, in respect of which a licence or revised licence under Part IV of the Act is in force.

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The whole section.

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5. For the purposes of article 4, a function conferred on a local authority or sanitary authority, or anything required to be done in relation to a local authority or sanitary authority, as the case may be, under any of the provisions of the Act of 1977, of that Act as amended by the Act of 1990 and of the Act of 1990 which are specified in that article shall, as the case may be, be exercised by, or done in relation to, the Agency in lieu of the local authority or sanitary authority.

6. (1) For the purposes of articles 4 and 5, for references to "local authority" or "sanitary authority" in any of the provisions therein referred to (other than section 10 (8) (f) of the Act of 1977), there shall be substituted the following—

"the Environmental Protection Agency, in the case of an activity in respect of which a licence or revised licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 , is in force and, in any other case, a local authority, or sanitary authority, as the case may be",

and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.

(2) For the purposes of articles 4 and 5, the provisions of the Act of 1977 and the Act of 1990 which are specified in the said articles shall apply as modified in the manner set out in the First Schedule.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

Modifications of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 and 1990

The provisions of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts, 1977 and 1990 as modified for the purposes of articles 6 (2) and 9 are set out as follows— ...

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Editorial Notes:

E203

Previous affecting provision: functions transferred (1.09.1994) by Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 85 of 1994), reg. 43, in effect as per reg. 2(b); revoked (24.07.2013) by Environmental Protection Agency (Integrated Pollution Control) (Licensing) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 283 of 2013), reg. 42 and sch. 2.