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No. 53 of 2025

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure would speed up Environmental Protection Agency decisions by setting clearer deadlines, giving the Agency more flexibility for low-risk changes and reviews, and adding extra reporting so delays are visible. It also creates emergency routes for licences in civil emergencies or exceptional circumstances, while keeping environmental safeguards, public notice, and consultation in place as far as practical. It further adds rules on green public procurement, allows some environmental funds to be used for the Circular Economy Fund, and makes a small number of related changes to litter, court powers, and EPA appointments.

Formal long title

An Act to provide for the making of applications for licences, or applications for reviews of licences,  under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 or under Part V of the Waste Management Act 1996 in certain emergency circumstances; to give effect to Articles 1(3) and 2(4) of Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, in relation to applications for, or applications for reviews of, such licences; to make provision in relation to periods for decision-making relating to certain applications for, and reviews of, such licences; to enable the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out reviews of parts of licences under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 or under Part V of the Waste Management Act 1996 in certain circumstances; to make provision in relation to the appointment of the Director General and directors of the Environmental Protection Agency; to make provision in relation to powers of the High Court or Circuit Court in relation to activities in contravention of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992; for those and other purposes to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and the Waste Management Act 1996; to make provision in relation to offences relating to litter and for that purpose to amend the Litter Pollution Act 1997; to provide for the making of guidance and criteria in relation to green public procurement; to make provision in relation to the reporting by certain public bodies on the integration of green public procurement criteria into procurement processes; for those and other purposes to amend the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 23 March 2026

Sponsor
  • Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Primary
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  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Second Stage
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  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
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  • Enacted
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