S.I. No. 478/2003 - Waste Management (Environment Fund) (Prescribed Payments) Regulations 2003

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Environment Fund (Prescribed Payments) Regulations 2003.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations -

“the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

“Environment Fund” has the meaning assigned to it under

section 74

of the

Waste Management Act 1996

.

3. The Minister may from time to time pay out of the Environment Fund such amounts of moneys he or she considers appropriate for any or all of the following purposes, namely to facilitate, assist, support or promote initiatives, activities in the State, or in an international or trans-national context, with respect to

(i) the prevention, reduction, recovery, recycling, re-use of waste;

(ii) training, research and development, monitoring and reporting, and management of the activities mentioned in this sub-article in relation to the protection and / or improvement of any aspect of the environment,

(iii) meeting national mandatory and voluntary contributions to national and international organisations concerned with the protection of the environment and/or sustainable development.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 9

th

day of October, 2003

MARTIN CULLEN

___________________________________

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations provide that moneys from the Environment Fund may be used for initiatives undertaken in the State, or on an international or trans-national basis relating to the protection of the environment and /or sustainable development, including areas such as research and development, contributions to international organisations etc.

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

section 7

of the

Waste Management Act 1996

(No. 10 of 1996), and having regard to

section 74

(9)(m) of the aforementioned Act, as inserted by the

Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001

(No. 36 of 2001), hereby makes the following regulations:-

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