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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011.

Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Source

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Abstract
This Act amends environment protection legislation in relation to a variety of matters including; civil proceedings in relation with environmental damage; fines and fixed payment notices for air pollution offences; modification of waste generation levy; development, including development for which an environmental impact assessment or an appropriate assessment is required, exempted from development authorization requirements; investigations in unauthorized development by a planning authority; observations at an appeal made by a Member State or another state which is a party to the Transboundary Convention; development regarding a European site for the protection of habitats and plant and animal species.
Topics
Chemicals and Waste
Long title of text
An Act to amend and extend the Air Pollution Act 1987; the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992; the Waste Management Act 1996; and the Freedom of Information Act 1997; to make provision for costs of certain proceedings; to give effect to certain articles of The Convention On Access To Information, Public Participation In Decision-Making And Access To Justice In Environmental Matters Done at Aarhus, Denmark on 25 June 1998 and for judicial notice to be taken of the Convention; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000; the Local Government Act 1998; the Local Government Act 2001 and the Official Languages Act.
Date of consolidation/reprint
Notes
Consolidated version of Act No. 20 of 2011 as amended last by the Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019) as at 25 January 2019 and g Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 23 of 2019) as at 30 January 2019.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Toolkit legislation
Plastic
Regulatory Approach
Plastic toolkit tags
Levies, Plastic carrier bags, Taxes, Waste management
Amended by