Waste Management Act 1996

Presentation of waste for collection.

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35.(1) Whenever a local authority considers that, for the purpose of the proper management of waste or the prevention or control of environmental pollution, it is necessary so to do, it may, subject to subsection (5), make bye-laws—

(a) requiring a holder of household waste to present such waste for collection by a person collecting waste in accordance with this Part,

(b) requiring a holder of household or commercial waste who presents such waste for collection as aforesaid (whether pursuant to a requirement of bye-laws under paragraph (a) or not) to so present the waste in a manner specified in the bye-laws.

(2) A bye-law under subsection (1) shall be made in accordance with, and construed as if it was made under, Part VII of the Local Government Act, 1994.

(3) Bye-laws under subsection (1) may, without prejudice to the generality of that subsection or of section 37 (4) of the Local Government Act, 1994, include provisions specifying—

(a) that waste shall only be placed for collection in receptacles of a particular kind and that different waste shall be placed in different receptacles,

(b) the quantity of waste which may or may not be placed in any receptacle,

(c) the waste, or the mixtures of waste, which may or may not be placed in a receptacle,

(d) the measures or precautions to be taken where particular waste, or mixtures thereof, is or are placed in a receptacle,

(e) the size, colour, construction or maintenance of receptacles,

(f) the location at which the waste is to be made available for collection,

(g) times during which the waste is to be made available for collection,

F159[(gg) that waste placed for collection shall bear evidence, in such a manner or form as is provided in the bye-laws, of the payment of any charge that has been made under section 75 in respect of the collection of the waste,]

(h) any matters consequential on, or incidental to, the foregoing.

(4) A local authority may provide or, where appropriate, may, in accordance with section 34, require the holder of a waste collection permit granted by the authority to provide, receptacles in which household or commercial waste (either generally or of a specified nature or type) presented for collection shall be placed for such collection, and the local authority or the said holder, as the case may be, may require such reasonable payment, as it or he or she may determine, in respect of the provision of receptacles from the persons to whom they are provided.

(5) (a) The Minister may, if he or she considers it expedient so to do for the purpose of the prevention or control of environmental pollution, give a direction to a local authority requiring it to take specified steps (including the making of bye-laws under Part VII of the Local Government Act, 1994) to ensure that specified substances, products, materials or classes of waste arising in household or commercial waste are segregated for the purpose of and in the course of collection, and recovered or disposed of in a specified manner.

(b) A local authority concerned shall comply with any direction of the Minister given under this subsection within such period as may be specified in the direction.

Annotations

Amendments:

F159

Inserted (8.09.2003) by Protection of the Environment Act 2003 (27/2003), s. 32, S.I. No. 393 of 2003.

Modifications (not altering text):

C23

References to “Part VII of the Local Government Act 1994”, or any section of that Part, construed (10.07.2006) by Local Government Act 2001 (37/2001), s. 209(2)(a), S.I. No. 361 of 2006.

Continuation in force of existing bye-laws, etc.

209.— ...

(2) Without prejudice to section 20 of the Interpretation Act, 1937, references in—

(a) section 35 of the Waste Management Act, 1996,

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to Part VII of the Local Government Act, 1994, or any section of that Part shall be read as a reference to Part 19 of this Act or to the corresponding section of Part 19, as the case may be.

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Editorial Notes:

E388

Previous affecting provision: pursuant to section exercised (1.04.2010, 1.06.2010, 1.12.2010, 10.04.2010, and 1.06.2015) by Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 143 of 2010), in effect as per reg. 3; revoked (13.07.2011) by European Communities (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 355 of 2011), reg. 46, in effect as per reg. 45.

E389

Previous affecting provision: pursuant to section exercised (23.09.2008, 26.09.2008, and 1.01.2009) by Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 375 of 2008), in effect as per reg. 3; revoked (13.07.2011) by European Communities (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 355 of 2011), reg. 46, in effect as per reg. 45.

E390

Previous affecting provision: pursuant to section exercised (16.07.2008) by Waste Management (Batteries and Accumulators) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 268 of 2008); revoked (14.06.2014) by European Union (Batteries and Accumulators) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 283 of 2008), reg. 49(1), subject to transitional provision in para. (2) and construed as per para. (3), as amended (30.07.2014) by European Union (Batteries and Accumulators) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 349 of 2014), reg. 2.