(LRC Revised)

Number 26 of 2022

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION ACT 2022

REVISED

Updated to 8 May 2026

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an

administrative consolidation of the

Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act

2022

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its

function under the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under

review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the

Mental Health Act 2026

(11/2026), enacted 7 May 2026, and all statutory

instruments up to and including the

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (Commencement) Order 2026

(S.I. No. 202 of 2026), made 8 May 2026, were considered in the preparation of this

Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has

been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume

no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning

the

accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not

accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify

any

errors, omissions and comments by email to revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

26

of

2022

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022

REVISED

Updated to

8 May 2026

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and

commencement

2.

Definitions

3.

Regulations

4. Expenses

5. Repeals and

revocations

PART 2

Provisions relating to the circular economy

6. Interpretation

(Part 2)

7. Circular economy

strategy

8. Circular Economy

Fund

9. Provisions

relating to Environment Fund

10. Circular

economy programme

11. Environmental

levy

12. Payment etc.

of environmental levy

13. Offences in

relation to, recovery etc. of, environmental levy

14. Prohibition

on sale of certain single-use items

15. National food

waste prevention strategy

PART 3

Amendments to Act of 1996

16. Amendment of

section 5 of Act of 1996

17. Amendment of

section 7 of Act of 1996

18. Amendment of

section 10A of Act of 1996

19. Amendment of

section 10B of Act of 1996

(Repealed)

20. Operation of

CCTV for certain purposes

21. Operation of

mobile recording device by authorised person for certain purposes

22. Codes of

practice for purposes of sections 14A and 14B

23. Admissibility

of evidence obtained under section 14, 14A or 14B

24. Amendment of

section 22 of Act of 1996

25. Amendment of

section 27B of Act of 1996

26. Amendment of

section 34 of Act of 1996

27. Amendment of

section 34C of Act of 1996

28. Amendment of

section 73 of Act of 1996

29. Waste

recovery levy

30. Powers to

make regulations in respect of end-of-waste and by-products processes

PART 4

Amendments to Act of 1997

31. Amendment of

section 2 of Act of 1997

32. Operation of

CCTV for certain purposes

33. Code of

practice for purposes of section 23A

34. Admissibility

of evidence obtained under section 23A

35. Amendment of

section 24 of Act of 1997

(Repealed)

36. Amendment of

section 28 of Act of 1997

PART 5

Natural Resources

Chapter

1

Amendment of Minerals Development Act 1940

37. Amendment of

section 8 of Minerals Development Act 1940

Chapter

2

Amendments to Minerals Development Act 2017

38. Amendment of

section 17 of Minerals Development Act 2017

39. Amendment of

section 65 of Minerals Development Act 2017

40. Amendment of

section 66 of Minerals Development Act 2017

PART 6

Amendment of Environmental Protection Agency Act

1992

41. Amendment of

section 87 of Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992

PART 7

Amendment of Electricity Regulation Act 1999

42. Amendment of

Electricity Regulation Act 1999

Acts Referred to

Climate Action

and Low Carbon Development Act 2015

(No. 46)

Communications

Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011

(No. 21)

Companies Act

2014

(No. 38)

Data Protection

Act 2018

(No. 7)

Education and

Training Boards Act 2013

(No. 11)

Electricity

Regulation Act 1999

(No. 23)

Environmental

Protection Agency Act 1992

(No. 7)

Litter

Pollution Act 1997

(No. 12)

Local

Government Act 2001

(No. 37)

Minerals

Development Act 1940

(No. 31)

Minerals

Development Act 2017

(No. 23)

Planning and

Development (Amendment) Act 2018

(No. 16)

Planning and

Development Act 2000

(No. 30)

Waste

Management Act 1996

(No. 10)

Number

26

of

2022

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2022

REVISED

Updated to

8 May 2026

An Act to provide for the making by

the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of a circular economy

strategy; to provide for the establishment of the Circular Economy Fund; to make provision

in relation to the Environment Fund; to provide for the establishment by the Environmental

Protection Agency of a circular economy programme; to provide for a levy on certain

single-use items; to provide for the prohibition on the supply of certain single-use

items;

to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2015/720 of the European Parliament and of

the

Council of 29 April 2015

1

and Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June

2019

2

; to provide for the making of a national food waste prevention strategy; to make

provision for the use by local authorities of closed circuit television and mobile

recording devices in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the

Waste Management Act

1996

and the

Litter Pollution Act 1997

; to provide for the inclusion of targets

in respect of re-used and repaired products and materials in waste management plans;

to

provide for the introduction of a requirement for segregated waste bins and incentivised

charging for the commercial sector; to make provision in relation to the operation

of the

National Waste Collection Permit Office; to provide for a waste recovery levy; to

provide

for the making by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of

regulations to regulate end-of-waste and by-product notifications to the Environmental

Protection Agency; for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2008/98/EC

of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008

3

; for those purposes to amend the

Waste Management Act 1996

; to provide for a prohibition

on certain licences relating to coal, lignite and oil shale and for that purpose to

amend

the

Minerals

Development Act 1940

and the

Minerals Development Act 2017

; to make provision in

respect of applications to the Environmental Protection Agency for licences, reviews

of

licences or revised licences in circumstances where an order under section 181(2)(a)

of the

Planning and

Development Act 2000

has been made, or is proposed to be made, by a Minister of

the Government for development comprising or for the purposes of the activity to which

the

application relates and for that purpose to amend the

Environmental Protection Agency Act

1992

; to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019

4

and for that purpose to amend the

Electricity Regulation Act 1999

; and to provide for

related matters.

[21

st

July,

2022]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and

commencement

2.

Definitions

3.

Regulations

4. Expenses

5. Repeals and

revocations

PART 2

Provisions relating to the circular economy

6. Interpretation

(Part 2)

7. Circular economy

strategy

8. Circular Economy

Fund

9. Provisions

relating to Environment Fund

10. Circular

economy programme

11. Environmental

levy

12. Payment etc.

of environmental levy

13. Offences in

relation to, recovery etc. of, environmental levy

14. Prohibition

on sale of certain single-use items

15. National food

waste prevention strategy

PART 3

Amendments to Act of 1996

16. Amendment of

section 5 of Act of 1996

17. Amendment of

section 7 of Act of 1996

18. Amendment of

section 10A of Act of 1996

19. Amendment of

section 10B of Act of 1996

(Repealed)

20. Operation of

CCTV for certain purposes

21. Operation of

mobile recording device by authorised person for certain purposes

22. Codes of

practice for purposes of sections 14A and 14B

23. Admissibility

of evidence obtained under section 14, 14A or 14B

24. Amendment of

section 22 of Act of 1996

25. Amendment of

section 27B of Act of 1996

26. Amendment of

section 34 of Act of 1996

27. Amendment of

section 34C of Act of 1996

28. Amendment of

section 73 of Act of 1996

29. Waste

recovery levy

30. Powers to

make regulations in respect of end-of-waste and by-products processes

PART 4

Amendments to Act of 1997

31. Amendment of

section 2 of Act of 1997

32. Operation of

CCTV for certain purposes

33. Code of

practice for purposes of section 23A

34. Admissibility

of evidence obtained under section 23A

35. Amendment of

section 24 of Act of 1997

(Repealed)

36. Amendment of

section 28 of Act of 1997

PART 5

Natural Resources

Chapter

1

Amendment of Minerals Development Act 1940

37. Amendment of

section 8 of Minerals Development Act 1940

Chapter

2

Amendments to Minerals Development Act 2017

38. Amendment of

section 17 of Minerals Development Act 2017

39. Amendment of

section 65 of Minerals Development Act 2017

40. Amendment of

section 66 of Minerals Development Act 2017

PART 6

Amendment of Environmental Protection Agency Act

1992

41. Amendment of

section 87 of Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992

PART 7

Amendment of Electricity Regulation Act 1999

42. Amendment of

Electricity Regulation Act 1999

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