First Previous (FIRST SCHEDULE Criteria as to the Grant of Permits for Dumping)

14 1996

DUMPING AT SEA ACT, 1996

SECOND SCHEDULE

Section 5 .

Part 1

The Exceptions to the Prohibition on Dumping as contained in Annex II to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic done at Paris on the 22nd day of September, 1992

Article 3

(a) dredged material;

(b) inert materials of natural origin, that is solid, chemically unprocessed geological material the chemical constituents of which are unlikely to be released into the marine environment;

(c) sewage sludge until 31st December, 1998;

(d) fish waste from industrial fish processing operations;

(e) vessels or aircraft until, at the latest, 31st December, 2004.

Part 2

The Exceptions to the Prohibition on Dumping permitted in accordance with Annex III to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic done at Paris on the 22nd day of September, 1992

Disused offshore installations dumped in accordance with a permit issued by the competent authority of the relevant Contracting Party on a case-by-case basis:

Provided that the Contracting Parties shall—

(a) ensure that their authorities, when granting permits, implement the relevant applicable decisions, recommendations and all other agreements adopted under the Convention, and

(b) refuse to issue a permit if the disused offshore installation contains substances which result, or are likely to result, in hazards to human health, harm to living resources and marine ecosystems, damage to amenities or interference with other legitimate uses of the sea.

Acts Referred to

Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990

Continental Shelf Act, 1968

1968, No. 14

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

1936, No. 48

Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

1967, No. 12

Dumping at Sea Act, 1981

1981, No. 8

Fisheries Act, 1980

1980, No. 1

Fishery Harbour Centres Act, 1968

1968, No. 18

Harbours Act, 1946

1946, No. 9

Marine Institute Act, 1991

1991, No. 2

Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 to 1988

Mercantile Marine Act, 1955

1955, No. 29

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851

1851, c. 93

Prosecution of Offences Act, 1974

1974, No. 22

Public Offices Fees Act, 1879

1879, c. 58

Sea Pollution Act, 1991

1991, No. 27