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3 Number 29 of 2015 ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2015 CONTENTS PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL Section 1. Short title, construction and commencement 2. Definitions PART 2 AMENDMENT OF BOURN VINCENT MEMORIAL PARK ACT 1932 CHAPTER 1 Interpretation for Part 2 3. Interpretation for Part 2 CHAPTER 2 Transfer 4. Transfer of functions to Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 5. Construction of references CHAPTER 3 Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions under section 4 6. Transfer of land and other property 7. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions 8. Liability for loss occurring before appointed day 9. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities CHAPTER 4 Amendment of Act of Amendment of section 3 of Act of Amendment of section 11 of Act of Amendment of section 12 of Act of
4 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] 13. Amendment of section 13 of Act of Amendment of section 14 of Act of Amendment of section 21 of Act of Repeal of section 20 of Act of 1932 PART 3 AMENDMENT OF FINANCE (EXCISE DUTIES) (VEHICLES) ACT Amendment of Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 PART 4 AMENDMENT OF AIR POLLUTION ACT Amendment of section 7 of Act of Amendment of section 12 of Act of Amendment of section 12A of Act of Fixed payment notice for certain offences relating to paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products or activities 22. Fixed payment notice for offence relating to organic solvents 23. Amendment of section 14 of Act of Part IA of Act of Amendment of section 34 of Act of Amendment of section 53 of Act of 1987 PART 5 AMENDMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT Amendment of section 3 of Act of Amendment of section 82A of Act of Amendment of section 99A of Act of Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 1992 PART 6 AMENDMENT OF FINANCE (NO. 2) ACT Amendment of section 20 of Finance (No. 2) Act Amendment of section 20B of Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 PART 7 AMENDMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT Amendment of section 5 of Act of Amendment of section 10 of Act of
5 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] 35. Fixed payment notice for certain offences relating to producer responsibility 36. Fixed payment notice for certain offences relating to waste collection permit 37. Amendment of section 34 of Act of Review of waste collection permit 39. Insertion of sections 34B to 34D in Act of Amendment of section 39 of Act of Amendment of section 41 of Act of Amendment of section 50 of Act of Transitional and savings provisions consequent on Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 PART 8 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT Amendment of section 6 of Local Government Act 1998 PART 9 AMENDMENT OF DOG BREEDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT 2010 AND CONTROL OF DOGS ACT Amendment of Dog Breeding Establishments Act Amendment of Control of Dogs Act Water charges 48. Payment of charge on sale of property PART 10 WATER CHARGES 49. Amendment of section 5 of Water Services Act Water conservation grant database 51. Amendment of Water Services Act
6 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] ACTS REFERRED TO Air Pollution Act 1987 (No. 6) Air Pollution Acts 1987 and 2011 Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932 (No. 31) Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (No. 21) Control of Dogs Act 1986 (No. 32) Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 (No. 29) Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (No. 7) Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1992 to 2011 Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 (No. 24) Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (No. 28) Health Act 2004 (No. 42) Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (No. 18) Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 to 2007 Local Government Act 1998 (No. 16) Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1) Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2013 (No. 9) Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10) Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50) Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30) Water Services Act 2014 (No. 44) Water Services Acts 2007 to
7 Number 29 of 2015 ENVIRONMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2015 An Act to make provision for transfer of certain functions under the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932 to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; to amend and extend the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952, the Air Pollution Act 1987, the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, the Waste Management Act 1996, section 6 of the Local Government Act 1998; to amend the Water Services Act 2007, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 and the Water Services Act 2014; to amend other Acts and to provide for related matters. [27th July, 2015] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL Short title, construction and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (2) Part 2 and the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932 may be cited together as the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Acts 1932 and 2015 and shall be construed together as one Act. (3) Part 10 and the Water Services Acts 2007 to 2014 may be cited together as the Water Services Acts 2007 to (4) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions. Definitions 2. In this Act Act of 1932 means the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932; Act of 1987 means the Air Pollution Act 1987; Act of 1992 means the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992; Act of 1996 means the Waste Management Act
8 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] PART 2 AMENDMENT OF BOURN VINCENT MEMORIAL PARK ACT 1932 CHAPTER 1 Interpretation for Part 2 Interpretation for Part 2 3. In this Part appointed day has the meaning given to it by section 4(3); enactment means (a) an Act of the Oireachtas, (b) a statute that was in force in Saorstát Éireann immediately before the date of the coming into operation of the Constitution and that continues in force by virtue of Article 50 of the Constitution, or (c) an instrument made under an Act of the Oireachtas or a statute referred to in paragraph (b). CHAPTER 2 Transfer Transfer of functions to Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 4. (1) The functions referred in sections 3(1), 4, 5, 6(4), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 21, and, in so far as it relates to payment into or disposal of for the benefit of the Exchequer of moneys received, section 3(2) of the Act of 1932 are transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (2) The administration and business in connection with the performance or exercise of any functions transferred under subsection (1) to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht are transferred to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (3) The transfer of functions under subsection (1) shall take place on the day on which this Part is commenced in its entirety, in this Part referred to as the appointed day. Construction of references 5. References to any Minister or to the Commissioners contained in any enactment (other than this Act) and relating to any functions transferred under section 4 shall be construed as references to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. 6
9 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.2 CHAPTER 3 Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions under section 4 Transfer of land and other property 6. (1) On the appointed day, all the lands and property (other than chattels personal) referred to in section 5(1) of the Act of 1932 shall, without any conveyance or assignment, stand vested in the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the purpose referred to in that section and for all the estate or interest therein but subject to all trusts and equities affecting the lands continuing to subsist and being capable of being performed. (2) On the appointed day, all chattels personal referred to in section 5(2) of the Act of 1932, and all other property (other than land), including choses-in-action that immediately before the appointed day were held for the purpose of performance of the functions transferred by virtue of section 4, shall stand vested in the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht without any assignment. (3) Every chose-in-action vested in the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by virtue of subsection (2) may, on and from the appointed day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in his or her name, and it shall not be necessary for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give notice to any person bound by the chose-in-action of the vesting effected by that subsection. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions 7. (1) All rights and liabilities arising by virtue of any contract or commitment (expressed or implied), entered into in the performance of the functions transferred by virtue of section 4 before the appointed day, shall on that day stand transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (2) Every right and liability transferred by virtue of subsection (1) to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht may, on and after the appointed day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by or against that Minister in his or her name, and it shall not be necessary for that Minister to give notice to a person whose right or liability is transferred by that subsection of such transfer. (3) Every lease, licence, wayleave or permission granted in the performance of the functions transferred by virtue of section 4 and in force immediately before the appointed day, shall continue in force as if granted by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Liability for loss occurring before appointed day 8. (1) A claim in respect of any loss or injury alleged to have been suffered by any person arising out of the performance, before the appointed day, of the functions transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by virtue of section 4 shall, on and after that day, lie against that Minister and not against another person. 7
10 PT.2 S.8 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] (2) Any legal proceedings pending immediately before the appointed day that relate to a function transferred by virtue of section 4, shall be continued, with the substitution, as necessary, in the proceedings of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in so far as they so relate. (3) Where, before the appointed day, agreement has been reached between the parties concerned in settlement of a claim to which subsection (1) relates, the terms of which agreement have not been implemented, or judgment in such a claim has been given in favour of a person but has not been enforced, the terms of the agreement or judgment, as the case may be, shall, in so far as they are enforceable and relate to functions transferred by virtue of section 4, be enforceable against the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (4) Any claim made or proper to be made arising from the functions transferred by virtue of section 4 in respect of any loss or injury arising from the act or default of any person before the appointed day, where the claim relates to functions so transferred, shall be regarded as having been made by or proper to be made by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and may be pursued and sued for by that Minister as if the loss or injury had been suffered by that Minister. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities 9. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the appointed day in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by virtue of section 4, may be carried on or completed on or after the appointed day by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (2) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by virtue of section 4, shall if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the appointed day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by that Minister. (3) References to any person in the memorandum or articles of association of any company and relating to a function transferred by virtue of section 4, shall, on and after the appointed day, be construed as references to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (4) Any money, stocks, shares or securities transferred by virtue of section 6(2) that, immediately before the appointed day, were standing in the name of another person shall, on the request of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, be transferred into his or her name. (5) A certificate signed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that any property, right or liability has or, as the case may be, has not vested in the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under sections 6 or 7 shall be sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the fact so certified for all purposes. 8
11 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.2 CHAPTER 4 Amendment of Act of 1932 Amendment of section 3 of Act of Section 3 of the Act of 1932 is amended by the substitution of the following for subsection (1): (1) All expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act, to such extent as shall be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.. Amendment of section 11 of Act of Section 11 of the Act of 1932 is amended by the deletion of, but such management and control and all other duties and powers imposed on or vested in the Commissioners in relation to the Park by this Part of this Act or otherwise shall be performed and exercised by the Commissioners, subject to and in accordance with the general directions of the Minister. Amendment of section 12 of Act of Section 12 of the Act of 1932 is amended by (a) in subsection (1), the deletion of, subject to the sanction (either general or particular) of the Minister,, and (b) in subsection (2), the deletion of, with the sanction (either general or particular) of the Minister,. Amendment of section 13 of Act of Section 13 of the Act of 1932 is amended by (a) in subsection (1), the deletion of, with the approval of the Minister,, and (b) in subsection (3), the deletion of, with the sanction of the Minister,. Amendment of section 14 of Act of Section 14 of the Act of 1932 is amended in subsection (1) by the deletion of, subject to the approval of the Minister,. Amendment of section 21 of Act of Section 21 of the Act of 1932 is amended by (a) in subsection (1), the deletion of (i), with the sanction (either general or particular) of the Minister, and 9
12 PT.2 S.15 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] (ii), or for any other purposes whatsoever which shall be particularly sanctioned by the Minister, (b) in subsection (2), the deletion of (i), with the sanction (either general or particular) of the Minister, in both places where it occurs, and (ii), with the particular sanction of the Minister,. Repeal of section 20 of Act of Section 20 of the Act of 1932 is repealed. PART 3 AMENDMENT OF FINANCE (EXCISE DUTIES) (VEHICLES) ACT 1952 Amendment of Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act The Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 is amended (a) in section 1, by inserting after subsection (3) the following: and (3A) For the purposes of the description of any vehicle specified in Part I of the Schedule or in respect of any vehicle specified in subsection (4), the Minister may by regulations prescribe the following: (a) the physical characteristics required of the vehicle; (b) the dimensions or proportions of any fittings, fixtures or attachments to the vehicle (i) relating to the dimensions of such fittings, fixtures or attachments themselves, or (ii) in relation to such dimensions relative to the height or width of the vehicle; (c) the use or uses to which the vehicle may be put or limited; (d) any documentation required to support a claim for a particular rate of duty., (b) in Part I (as amended by section 4 of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2013) of the Schedule, in paragraph 4, by substituting for clause (e) the following: (e) a motor caravan, being a vehicle which is designed, constructed or adapted to provide temporary living accommodation which has a minimum interior height as may be prescribed and measured in such manner as may be 10
13 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.3 S.17 prescribed and, in respect of which vehicle, such design, construction or adaptation incorporates the following permanently fixed equipment and fittings (i) a sink unit, (ii) cooking equipment of not less than a hob with 2 rings or such other cooking equipment as may be prescribed, (iii) fitted storage with a maximum dimension as may be prescribed in regulations by the Minister, and (iv) any other equipment or fittings as may be prescribed in regulations by the Minister, and where such equipment and fittings comprise a proportion of the interior area of the vehicle as may be prescribed in regulations by the Minister,. PART 4 AMENDMENT OF AIR POLLUTION ACT 1987 Amendment of section 7 of Act of Section 7 of the Act of 1987 is amended by (a) the insertion of the following definitions: and Agency means the Environmental Protection Agency; fuel activity has the meaning given to it by section 22A; fuels register means the register established and maintained under section 22A;, (b) in the definition of authorised person by the insertion of (other than in section 12B or 12C or Part IC) after means. Amendment of section 12 of Act of Section 12 of the Act of 1987 is amended by (a) the insertion of (other than an offence referred to in subsection (1A)) after under this Act, and (b) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): (1A) A person guilty of a relevant offence, within the meaning of section 12A(6), shall be liable on summary conviction to a Class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.. 11
14 PT.4 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] Amendment of section 12A of Act of Section 12A of the Act of 1987 is amended by (a) in subsection (1) (i) the deletion of and is liable to summary prosecution in respect thereof, and (ii) the substitution of in this section for in this Act, (b) in subsection (3), the deletion of summary, (c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4): and (4) The amount to be specified in a fixed payment notice in respect of a relevant offence is (a) 1,000, where the relevant offence consists of a contravention of regulation 5(1) of the Fuel Regulations, (b) 500, where the relevant offence consists of a contravention of regulation 5(2)(a), 5(2)(b), 5(4)(b), or 7(1)(c) of the Fuel Regulations, or (c) 250, where the relevant offence consists of a contravention of regulation 5(5) or 7(1)(d) of the Fuel Regulations., (d) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6): (6) In this section Fuel Regulations means the Air Pollution Act (Marketing, Sale, Distribution and Burning of Specified Fuels) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 326 of 2012); relevant offence means an offence under section 11 consisting of a contravention of regulation 5(1), 5(2)(a), 5(2)(b), 5(4)(b), 5(5), 7(1)(c) or 7(1)(d) of the Fuel Regulations.. Fixed payment notice for certain offences relating to paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products or activities 21. The Act of 1987 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 12A: 12B. (1)Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed a relevant offence, the authorised person may give to the person a notice (in this section referred to as a fixed payment notice ) in writing and in the prescribed form stating that (a) the person is alleged to have committed that offence, (b) the person may, during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice, make to the local authority concerned at the address specified in the notice a payment of the amount specified in 12
15 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.4 S.21 subsection (4) in respect of that offence, accompanied by the notice, (c) the person is not obliged to make the payment specified in the notice, and (d) a prosecution of the person to whom the notice is given in respect of the relevant offence concerned will not be instituted during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice and, if the payment specified in the notice is made during that period, no prosecution in respect of that offence will be instituted. (2) Where a fixed payment notice is given (a) the person to whom it applies may, during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice, make to the local authority concerned at the address specified in the notice the payment specified in the notice, accompanied by the notice, (b) the local authority concerned shall receive the payment and shall, upon receipt of the payment, issue a receipt for it and any payment so received shall not be recoverable by the person who made it and the local authority shall retain the money for disposal in accordance with subsection (5), and (c) a prosecution in respect of the alleged offence shall not be instituted in the period specified in the notice, and if the payment specified in the notice is made during that period, no prosecution in respect of the alleged offence shall be instituted. (3) In proceedings for a relevant offence it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he or she has made a payment in accordance with this section, pursuant to a fixed payment notice issued in respect of that offence. (4) The amount to be specified in a fixed payment notice in respect of a relevant offence is (a) 1,000, where the relevant offence consists of a contravention of Regulation 9(1) or 9(2) of the Regulations of 2012, or (b) 500, where the relevant offence consists of a contravention of Regulation 13(1) of the Regulations of (5) Moneys received by a local authority pursuant to the giving of a fixed payment notice shall be lodged to the credit of the local fund maintained by the local authority concerned pursuant to, and in accordance with, section 97 of the Local Government Act 2001 and expended in accordance with that section. (6) In this section 13
16 PT.4 S.21 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] authorised person means a person standing appointed for the time being under Regulation 21 of the European Union (Paints, Varnishes, Vehicle Refinishing Products and Activities) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 564 of 2012); relevant offence means an offence under Regulation 25 of the European Union (Paints, Varnishes, Vehicle Refinishing Products and Activities) Regulations 2012 consisting of a contravention of regulation 9(1), 9(2) or 13(1) of those regulations.. Fixed payment notice for offence relating to organic solvents 22. The Act of 1987 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 12B (inserted by section 21): 12C. (1)Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed a relevant offence the authorised person may give to the person a notice (in this section referred to as a fixed payment notice ) in writing and in the prescribed form stating that (a) the person is alleged to have committed that offence, (b) the person may, during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice, make to the local authority concerned at the address specified in the notice a payment of the amount specified in subsection (4) in respect of that offence, accompanied by the notice, (c) the person is not obliged to make the payment specified in the notice, and (d) a prosecution of the person to whom the notice is given in respect of the relevant offence concerned will not be instituted during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice and, if the payment specified in the notice is made during that period, no prosecution in respect of that offence will be instituted. (2) Where a fixed payment notice is given (a) the person to whom it applies may, during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice, make to the local authority concerned at the address specified in the notice the payment specified in the notice, accompanied by the notice, (b) the local authority concerned shall receive the payment and shall, upon receipt of the payment, issue a receipt for it and any payment so received shall not be recoverable by the person who made it and the local authority shall retain the money for disposal in accordance with subsection (5), and (c) a prosecution in respect of the alleged offence shall not be instituted in the period specified in the notice, and if the payment 14
17 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.4 S.22 specified in the notice is made during that period, no prosecution in respect of the alleged offence shall be instituted. (3) In proceedings for a relevant offence it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he or she has made a payment in accordance with this section, pursuant to a fixed payment notice issued in respect of that offence. (4) The amount to be specified in a fixed payment notice in respect of a relevant offence is 500. (5) Moneys received by a local authority pursuant to the giving of a fixed payment notice shall be lodged to the credit of the local fund maintained by the local authority concerned pursuant to, and in accordance with, section 97 of the Local Government Act 2001 and expended in accordance with that section. (6) In this section authorised person means a person standing appointed for the time being under Regulation 22 of the European Union (Installations and Activities Using Organic Solvents) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 565 of 2012); relevant offence means an offence under Regulation 26 of the European Union (Installations and Activities Using Organic Solvents) Regulations 2012 consisting of a contravention of regulation 8(1) of those regulations.. Amendment of section 14 of Act of Section 14 of the Act of 1987 is amended by (a) in subsection (1) (i) the insertion of or vehicle after any premises, and (ii) the substitution of into the premises or vehicle for therein, (b) the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1): (1A) An authorised person may, for any purpose connected with this Act, require a person in control of a stationary vehicle to refrain from moving it. (1B) An authorised person may, if accompanied by (a) a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform, or (b) an officer of the Revenue Commissioners in uniform authorised by them to exercise powers conferred by the Customs Acts or the statutes which relate to the duties of excise, require the person who for the time being is in control of a vehicle to bring it to a stop for any purpose connected with this Act. 15
18 PT.4 S.23 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] (1C) Where the purpose referred to at subsection (1A) or (1B) comprises an inspection or search of the vehicle and the place at which the member or officer finds the vehicle is, in the reasonable opinion of the member or officer, unsuitable for such inspection or search, the member or officer may require such person forthwith to take the vehicle or cause it to be taken to a place which the member or officer considers suitable for such inspection or search and which is specified by that member or officer., (c) in subsection (4) (i) the insertion of or vehicle after any premises, (ii) in paragraph (a), the insertion of or searches after such inspections, and (iii) in paragraph (c), the insertion of, or from the owner of or person who for the time being is in control of the vehicle, after on the premises, (d) in subsection (6), the insertion of or vehicle after any premises, (e) in subsection (6A), the substitution of the premises or vehicle for the place, and (f) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8): (9) In this section vehicle means any conveyance in or by which any person or thing, or both, is or are, as the case may be, transported which is designed for use on land, in water or in the air, or in more than one of those ways, and includes (a) a part of a vehicle, (b) an article designed as a vehicle but not capable of functioning as a vehicle, (c) any container, trailer, tank or any other thing which is or may be used for the storage of goods in the course of carriage and is designed or constructed to be placed on, in, or attached to, any vehicle.. Part IA of Act of (1) The Act of 1987 is amended by the insertion of the following Part after Part I: PART IA Registration on fuels register 22A. (1) The Agency shall FUELS REGISTER (a) cause to be established a register (in this section referred to as the fuels register ) of persons who produce, treat, import, place on the 16
19 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.4 S.24 market, distribute, store or sell fuel of any type or description, or who carry on any combination of those activities (in this section referred to as a fuel activity ), (b) enter in the fuels register the name of every person specified under section 53(1)(ca) (in this Part referred to as a specified person ) granted registration by the Agency, the address at which or the area within which the fuel activity is carried on and any other information that it considers appropriate, (c) maintain the fuels register, and (d) if necessary divide the fuels register into divisions for different classes of person. (2) A specified person shall apply to the Agency to be entered on the fuels register and the application shall (a) be made in writing or by electronic means, (b) specify the name of the specified person and the address at which he or she ordinarily resides, and for the purposes of this paragraph, a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of persons shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business, (c) specify the fuel activity to which the application relates, (d) specify the address at which or the area within which that fuel activity is carried on, (e) be accompanied by such other information as may be provided for under section 53, and (f) be accompanied by the fee provided for in regulations under section 53. (3) Where the Agency receives an application for registration under this section it shall, subject to subsections (4) and (5), register the specified person on the fuels register, issue a registration number to that person and accordingly shall enter the following in that register: (a) the name of the person, (b) the registration number issued to that person, (c) the fuel activity to which the registration relates, (d) the address at which or the area within which that fuel activity is carried on, and (e) any conditions specified under section 53 attaching to the registration. 17
20 PT.4 S.24 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] (4) The Agency shall not register a specified person on the fuels register if (a) the application does not comply with subsection (2), (b) the person does not possess a current tax clearance certificate issued under section 1095 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, or (c) the person fails to satisfy conditions for entry on the register. (5) The Agency may refuse to register a specified person on the fuels register if by reason of (a) the commission by the person of an offence under this Act, or (b) the contravention by the person of a provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act, the Agency considers that such refusal is necessary to ensure the prevention or limiting of air pollution. (6) The Agency shall not make a decision to (a) refuse to register a specified person, or (b) register the specified person subject to conditions, until it has considered any representations made by the specified person under subsection (7). (7) Where the Agency proposes to (a) refuse to register a specified person, or (b) register the specified person subject to conditions, it shall notify the specified person 14 days before making its decision and the specified person on whom a notice is served may, not later than 14 days after receiving the notice make representations in writing to the Agency in relation to the proposal. Tax clearance certificate 22B. (1) A person registered on the fuels register and not in possession of a current tax clearance certificate issued under section 1095 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 shall, as soon as practicable, so notify the Agency in writing. (2) If, within 28 days of a person notifying the Agency under subsection (1), the Agency is not satisfied that the person possesses a current tax clearance certificate issued under section 1095 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, the Agency shall remove that person from the fuels register. (3) Where, in accordance with this section a person is removed from the fuels register 18
21 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.4 S.24 (a) the Agency shall enter a statement in the fuels register that the person has been so removed and a statement of the reasons for that removal, and (b) the person concerned shall immediately surrender their registration number to the Agency. (4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3)(b) shall be guilty of an offence. Appeals relating to fuels register 22C. (1) The Agency, with the consent of the Minister, may appoint a person who in the opinion of the Agency has the relevant knowledge and experience in relation to fuel activities and air pollution, and procedures relating to registration and inspections, to be an appeals officer for the purposes of this section (in this section referred to as an appeals officer ), who shall be independent in the performance of his or her functions under this section. (2) Where the Agency, having considered any representations under section 22A(7) decides to (a) refuse to register a specified person, or (b) register the specified person subject to conditions, the Agency shall notify the specified person in writing of the decision and the reasons therefor and shall inform the person that he or she may appeal the decision to an appeals officer not later than 14 days from the date on which the notice issued to the specified person. (3) (a) Where the specified person appeals the decision of the Agency, notified under subsection (2), he or she shall do so in writing within 14 days from the date on which the notice issued to the specified person, and the appeals officer shall consider all information furnished with the original application, representations under section 22A(7), and any additional information that the appeals officer considers necessary. (b) Following consideration under paragraph (a), the appeals officer shall decide to either (i) annul the decision of the Agency referred to in subsection (2)(a) and direct the Agency to register the specified person and enter the information referred to at paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 22A(3) on the register, (ii) annul or amend the decision of the Agency referred to in subsection (2)(b) and direct the Agency to register the prescribed person without any conditions, or subject to conditions other than those imposed by the Agency, and enter 19
22 PT.4 S.24 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] the information referred to at paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 22A(3) on the register, or (iii) confirm the decision of the Agency referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, of subsection (2). (c) The appeals officer, as soon as may be after he or she makes a decision under paragraph (b), shall notify the specified person in writing of the decision and the reason therefor. (4) (a) A person affected by a decision of an appeals officer under subsection (3) may, not later than 28 days after he or she receives a copy of the decision, appeal to the Circuit Court against the decision. (b) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by this subsection shall be exercised by the judge for the time being assigned to the circuit where the appellant ordinarily resides, and for the purposes of this paragraph a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of persons shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business. (c) The appeal shall be determined by the Circuit Court (i) confirming the decision of the appeals officer under subsection (3) to which the appeal relates, or (ii) substituting its determination for that decision. (d) A decision of the Circuit Court under this section shall be final, save that, by leave of that Court, an appeal shall lie to the High Court on a point of law. Removal from fuels register 22D. (1) If, upon an application by the Agency under this section, the District Court considers that the removal of a person from the fuels register is necessary by reason of the commission by the person of an offence under this Act or, the contravention by the person of a provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act such that the Agency considers that such refusal is necessary to ensure the prevention or limiting of air pollution, the court shall make an order directing the Agency to remove the person from the fuels register. (2) If, in an application by the Agency under this section, the District Court is satisfied that the person has committed an offence under this Act or contravened a condition attached to registration on the fuels register, or a condition specified in an order under this section and is of the opinion that the prevention or limiting of air pollution can be secured by means other than the making of an order under subsection (1) it may, for the purposes of such prevention or limiting, make an 20
23 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.4 S.24 order requiring the person to comply with such conditions as it considers appropriate. (3) Where the Agency proposes to apply to the District Court under this section, the Agency shall notify the person registered on the fuel register concerned in writing thereof. (4) Where in accordance with this section a person is removed from the fuels register (a) the Agency shall enter a statement in the fuels register that the person has been so removed and a statement of the reasons for that removal, and (b) the person concerned shall immediately surrender the registration number issued to him or her under section 22E by the Agency. (5) An application for an order under this section shall be made to a judge of the District Court sitting in the District Court district in which the specified person concerned ordinarily resides, and for the purposes of this paragraph a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of person shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business. (6) The Agency shall comply with a direction in an order under this section. (7) A person who contravenes subsection (4)(b) or a condition specified in an order under this section shall be guilty of an offence. Further matters relating to fuels register 22E. (1) As soon as practicable following the registration of a specified person on the fuels register, the Agency shall issue to that person a document containing a registration number relating to the registration and the information entered in the fuels register. (2) The specified person shall comply with any conditions provided for under section 53 relating to display or maintenance of a record of the registration number issued under this section. (3) If a particular entered in the fuels register by the Agency is incorrect, the specified person to whom the particular relates shall, as soon as may be after becoming aware of its being incorrect, inform the Agency thereof accordingly. (4) The Agency shall, upon becoming aware that any particular entered in the fuels register is incorrect or has ceased to be correct, make such alterations to that register as it considers necessary. 21
24 PT.4 S.24 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] Authorised person for purpose of fuels register 22F. (1) An authorised person shall have and may exercise all the powers conferred on an authorised person under section 13 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 for any purpose connected with the functions conferred on the Agency under sections 22A to 22E. (2) A person who (a) refuses to allow an authorised person to enter any premises or to take any person or equipment with him in the exercise of his powers under this section, (b) obstructs or impedes an authorised person in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him or her by this section, (c) gives, either to an authorised person or to the Agency, information which is false or misleading in a material respect, or (d) fails or refuses to comply with any requirement of this section, shall be guilty of an offence. (3) Where an authorised person in the exercise of his or her powers under this section is prevented from entering any premises, or where he or she has reason to believe that evidence related to a suspected offence under this Act may be removed or destroyed, the authorised person or the person by whom he or she was appointed may apply to the District Court for a warrant authorising such entry. (4) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section. (5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4), regulations under this section may provide for all or any of the following matters: (a) the taking of samples and the carrying out of tests, examinations and analyses; (b) the specification of the classes of persons to be responsible for taking such samples and for the carrying out of such tests, examinations and analyses; (c) the specification of the certificate or other evidence to be given of the result of any such test, examination or analysis and the class or classes of person by whom such certificate or evidence is to be given. (6) Any certificate or other evidence given or to be given in respect of any prescribed test, examination or analysis of any sample shall in relation to that sample be evidence, without further proof, of the result of the test, examination or analysis unless the contrary is shown. (7) In this section authorised person means an authorised person within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 standing appointed under that Act for the time being.. 22
25 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PT.4 S.24 (2) (a) A person with existing registration (in this subsection referred to as existing registration ) on a register established and maintained by the Agency in accordance with the Regulations of 2012 on the coming into operation of subsection (1) shall, subject to paragraph (b), on that coming into operation be deemed registered on the fuels register under and in accordance with Part IA of the Act of (b) The period of time for which a registration referred to in paragraph (a) shall have effect shall be for any unexpired part of the period of the existing registration but in any event shall not exceed (i) in the case of a bagging operator, within the meaning of the Regulations of 2012, the period of 12 months from the coming into operation of subsection (1), or (ii) in the case of a solid fuel supplier, within the meaning of the Regulations of 2012, the period of 24 months from the coming into operation of subsection (1). (c) In this subsection Regulations of 2012 means the Environmental Protection Agency Act (Registration of Coal Bagging Operators and Solid Fuel Suppliers) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 454 of 2012). Amendment of section 34 of Act of (1) Section 34 of the Act of 1987 is amended by (a) in subsection (1), the substitution of the Agency for An Bord Pleanála, and (b) in subsection (2), the substitution of The Agency for An Bord Pleanála. (2) Where an appeal is commenced under section 34 of the Act of 1987 and, on the coming into operation of subsection (1) (a) An Bord Pleanála has completed its consideration of the appeal but has not refused the appeal or given a direction to the local authority concerned, as the case may be, an Bord Pleanála shall continue to perform its functions under section 34 in relation to the appeal as if subsection (1) has not come into operation, or (b) An Bord Pleanála has not completed its consideration of the appeal the amendments effected to section 34 by subsection (1) shall have effect in relation to the appeal. Amendment of section 53 of Act of Section 53 of the Act of 1987 is amended by (a) in subsection (1) (i) the substitution of Minister following such consultation with the Agency as he or she considers necessary, for Minister,, 23
26 PT.4 S.26 [No. 29.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [2015.] (ii) in paragraph (c), the substitution of placing on the market, distribution, storage or sale, for placing on the market, distribution or sale, and (iii) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c): (ca) the requirement for a specified person or persons of a class carrying on a specified fuel activity or class of fuel activity to register on the fuels register;, (b) in subsection (2)(a), the substitution of sale, distribution, storage, use for sale, distribution, use, (c) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): (3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(ca), regulations relating to the fuels register may (a) prohibit the carrying on of a specified fuel activity or class of fuel activity by a specified person or person of a class unless the person is registered on the fuels register; (b) specify conditions to be satisfied by a specified person or person falling within a class of persons carrying on a specified fuel activity before being entered on the fuels register including conditions relating to (i) the information to be furnished to the Agency, (ii) the nature, scale or location of the fuel activity being carried on, and (iii) the suitability for purpose of premises or vehicle where specified fuel activity is carried on, (c) provide for the fee to accompany an application under section 22A(2) to be entered on the fuels register, and (d) provide for conditions attaching to continued registration on the fuels register including conditions relating to (i) the period of time for which registration shall have effect, (ii) the nature, scale or location of the fuel activity to which the registration relates, (iii) the notification of the Agency of any change to the nature, scale or location of fuel activity being carried on or to the premises or vehicle concerned, and (iv) the display of the registration number issued by the Agency under section 22E or other information or its production to specified persons.. 24
27 [2015.] Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act [No. 29.] PART 5 AMENDMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT 1992 Amendment of section 3 of Act of Section 3(1) of the Act of 1992 is amended in the definition of integrated pollution control activity by the insertion of 8.8, after 8.6.2,. Amendment of section 82A of Act of Section 82A(5) of the Act of 1992 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e): (e) an activity specified in paragraph 8.3, 8.7 or 13.6 of the First Schedule.. Amendment of section 99A of Act of Section 99A of the Act of 1992 is amended by (a) in subsection (1) (i) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): (b) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(1)(b),, (ii) in paragraph (l), the substitution of under section 106, for under section 106, or, and (iii) the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (m): (n) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(1)(a), (o) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(1)(aa), (p) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(4), (q) reviews of licences or revised licences carried out under section 90(5), or (r) notwithstanding section 96(2), amendments of licences or revised licences under section 96(1)., (b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): (3) Regulations under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (n), (o), (p), (q) or (r) of subsection (1) shall not be made otherwise than with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation., 25