Waste Management Act, 1996
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Amendment of Act of 1992 and Act of 1987. |
65.—(1) The Act of 1992 is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the deletion in section 3 of “the disposal of” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “emission”; | ||
(b) the insertion in section 83, after subsection (1), of the following subsection: | ||
“(1A) Prior to, and for the purpose of considering an application for, the grant of a licence or a revised licence, the Agency shall carry out or cause to be carried out such investigations as it considers necessary or as may be prescribed.”. | ||
(c) the insertion in section 83, after subsection (3), of the following subsection: | ||
“(3A) Section 53 of the Waste Management Act, 1996, shall apply in relation to a licence or revised licence under this Part, with the substitution for references in that section to the grant or review of a waste licence of references to the grant or review of a licence or revised licence under this Part and with any other necessary modifications.”. | ||
(2) Section 30 of the Act of 1987 is hereby amended by the substitution, in subsections (1) and (2), for “unless a licence under this Act is in force in relation to the plant”, in each place where those words occur, of the following: | ||
“save under and in accordance with a licence under this Act that is in force in relation to the plant”. |