Waste Management Act 1996

Community acts given effect to by this Act.

2

2.The purposes for which the provisions of this Act are enacted include the purpose of giving effect to the Community acts specified in the Table to this section.

TABLE

F1[]

F1[]

Council Directive 76/403/EEC of 6 April, 1976 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls1

Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December, 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances2

F2[Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment3F3[, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20142

Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June, 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture4

F1[]

Council Directive 87/217/EEC of 19 March, 1987 on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos5

Council Directive 89/369/EEC of 8 June, 1989 on the prevention of air pollution from new municipal waste incineration plants6

F1[]

Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March, 1991 on batteries and accumulators containing dangerous substances7

Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May, 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment8

F1[]

Commission Directive 93/86/EEC of 4 October, 1993 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances9

F4[Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 199910 on the landfill of waste and Council Directive 2011/97/EU of 5 December 2011 amending Directive 1999/31/EC as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste]

F5[Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste11

European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December, 1994 on packaging and packaging waste12

F6[F1[]

European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/53/EC of 18 September, 2000 on end-of-life vehicles13

European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/76/EC of 4 December, 2000 on the incineration of waste14

F7[European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/95/EC of 27 January 200315 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/96/EC of 27 January 200316 on waste electrical and electronic equipment

European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/108/EC of 8 December 200317 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment]

F8[Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 200618 on the management of waste from extractive industries

F9[]

Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives]

Annotations

Amendments:

F1

Deleted (31.03.2011) by European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 126 of 2011), reg. 3(a)-(f).

F2

Substituted (30.09.2012) by European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Waste) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 283 of 2012), reg. 3, in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F3

Inserted (14.04.2020) by European Union (Waste Management) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 130 of 2020), reg. 5.

F4

Inserted (21.02.2013) by European Communities (Metallic Mercury Waste) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 72 of 2013), reg. 2(a).

F5

Substituted (1.07.2008) by Waste Management (Registration of Brokers and Dealers) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 113 of 2008), reg. 19(1)(b), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F6

Inserted (12.07.2004) by Protection of the Environment Act 2003 (27/2003), s. 19, S.I. No. 393 of 2004.

F7

Inserted (1.07.2005) by Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 290 of 2005), reg. 4, in effect as per reg. 2.

F8

Substituted (31.03.2011) by European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 126 of 2011), reg. 3(g).

F9

Deleted (7.01.2014) by European Union (Industrial Emissions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 138 of 2013), reg. 24, in effect as per reg. 2.

Editorial Notes:

E4

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.2010, 10.04.2010, and 1.12.2010) by Waste Management (End-of-Life Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 142 of 2010), in effect as per reg. 3; as the only effect of this instrument was to amend S.I. No. 282 of 2006, it was rendered obsolete by its revocation, see below.

E5

Previous affecting provision: section amended (1.07.2008) by Waste Management (Registration of Brokers and Dealers) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 113 of 2008), reg. 19(1)(a), in effect as per reg. 1(2); section further amended as per F-note above.

E6

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (7.12.2007, 15.12.2007, and 31.03.2008) by Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 798 of 2007), in effect as per reg. 3; revoked (21.06.2014) by European Union (Packaging) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 282 of 2014), reg. 36(1), in effect as per reg. 3, subject to transitional provision and construed as per reg. 36(2), (3).

E7

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (8.06.2006) by Waste Management (End-Of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 282 of 2006), in effect as per reg. 2; revoked (21.06.2014) by European Union (End-of-Life Vehicle) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 281 of 2014), reg. 37(1), in effect as per reg. 3.