This Act carries into effect in Ireland the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-east Atlantic. Section 2 of the Act places restrictions at dumping at sea of vessels, aircraft, substances and material, whereas section 3 prohibits the incineration of substances or material in maritime area. The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications and such other Minister of the Government as the Minister considers appropriate, grant, or refuse to grant, a permit to a person who applies to the Minister for a permit authorizing the dumping of a specified vessel, aircraft or offshore installation, or a specified quantity of a specified substance or material in a specified place within a specified period of time or the loading onto the vessel or aircraft, of a specified quantity of a specified substance or material at a specified place within a specified period of time, which is intended to be dumped from the vessel or aircraft concerned (sect. 5). Section 6 provides for powers of appointed officers. Remaining provisions prescribe offences and penalties and deal with related matters.
Irlanda · 1996-06-19