S.I. No. 397/2001 - Waste Management (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001.

2. The Waste Management (Licensing) Regulations, 2000 are hereby amended by the substitution of the following sub-article for sub-article 23(1)

“(1) An application (other than an application in respect of a waste recovery or disposal activity carried on after the date prescribed for the purposes of section 39(1) of the Act in relation to the said activity) or a submission may be withdrawn at any time before the making of the decision of the Agency on the application.”.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, this 23rd day of August, 2001

NOEL DEMPSEY

Minister for the Environment and Local Government

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations amend Article 23(1) of the Waste Management (Licensing) Regulations, 2000 (

S.I. No. 185 of 2000

).

They provide that an application for the grant or review of a waste licence may be withdrawn only where the said application concerns a proposed waste activity.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 7

,

18

,

39

,

40

,

41

,

42

,

44

,

45

and

50

of the

Waste Management Act, 1996

(No. 10 of 1996), hereby makes the following Regulations: -