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Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022
Number 26 of 2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION ACT 2022
REVISED
Updated to 8 May 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Mental Health Act 2026 (11/2026), enacted 7 May 2026, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (Commencement) Order 2026 (S.I. No. 202 of 2026), made 8 May 2026, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 26 of 2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022
REVISED
Updated to 8 May 2026
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
Provisions relating to the circular economy
9. Provisions relating to Environment Fund
10. Circular economy programme
12. Payment etc. of environmental levy
13. Offences in relation to, recovery etc. of, environmental levy
14. Prohibition on sale of certain single-use items
15. National food waste prevention strategy
Amendments to Act of 1996
16. Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1996
17. Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1996
18. Amendment of section 10A of Act of 1996
19. Amendment of section 10B of Act of 1996 (Repealed)
20. Operation of CCTV for certain purposes
21. Operation of mobile recording device by authorised person for certain purposes
22. Codes of practice for purposes of sections 14A and 14B
23. Admissibility of evidence obtained under section 14, 14A or 14B
24. Amendment of section 22 of Act of 1996
25. Amendment of section 27B of Act of 1996
26. Amendment of section 34 of Act of 1996
27. Amendment of section 34C of Act of 1996
28. Amendment of section 73 of Act of 1996
30. Powers to make regulations in respect of end-of-waste and by-products processes
Amendments to Act of 1997
31. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1997
32. Operation of CCTV for certain purposes
33. Code of practice for purposes of section 23A
34. Admissibility of evidence obtained under section 23A
35. Amendment of section 24 of Act of 1997 (Repealed)
36. Amendment of section 28 of Act of 1997
Natural Resources
Amendment of Minerals Development Act 1940
37. Amendment of section 8 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
Acts Referred to
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46)
Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (No. 21)
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7)
Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11)
Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23)
Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (No. 7)
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 (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 16)
Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)
Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10)
Number 26 of 2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022
REVISED
Updated to 8 May 2026
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: