LegalizeS.I. No. 684/2019 - Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2020.
I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 7 and 39 of the Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10 of 1996), hereby make the following regulations:
Citation
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
Interpretation
2.
“Principal Regulations” means the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 286 of 2009) as amended by the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 538 of 2015) and the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 599 of 2017).
Amendment of the Principal Regulations
3.
The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Regulation 6 the following:
“Cessation of the permissible disposal of waste by burning
- The burning of waste in compliance with Regulation 5(1) (a) and 5(1) (b) shall cease on 1 January 2021.”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
20 December 2019.
RICHARD BRUTON
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)
The purpose of these regulations is to extend until 1 January, 2021 an exemption provided for under the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 286 of 2009) which exists to allow farmers, as a last resort, to dispose of wastes generated by agricultural practices.
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