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S.I. No. 221/2012 - Waste Management (Landfill Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 2012.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires—
“Regulations of 2011” means the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Regulations 2011 (
S.I. No. 434 of 2011
).
Amendment of Regulation 3 of Regulations of 2011
4. Regulation 3(3) of the Regulations of 2011 is amended by deleting—
““end-of-life vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it by article 4(3) of the Waste Management (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2006 (
S.I. No. 282 of 2006
);”
Amendment of Regulation 4 of Regulations of 2011
5. (1) Regulation 4(2)(
a
) of the Regulations of 2011 is amended by the substitution of “€65” for “€50”.
(2) Regulation 4(2)(
b
) of the Regulations of 2011 is amended by the substitution of “€65” for “€50”.
Amendment of Regulation 6 of Regulations of 2011
6. Regulation 6(1) of the Regulations of 2011 is amended by deleting subparagraph (
h
).
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
25 June 2012.
PHIL HOGAN,
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
These Regulations increase the landfill levy for waste disposed of at authorised and unauthorised landfill facilities from €50 per tonne to €65 per tonne with effect from 1 July 2012.
The Regulations also remove the exemption from the levy for non-metallic residues arising from the shredding of end-of-life vehicles, white goods and other metal waste.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
29
th June
, 2012.
I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
sections 7
,
18
(3) and
73
of the
Waste Management Act 1996
(No. 10 of 1996), hereby make the following regulations
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