IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

The effect of these Regulations is to adopt a revised definition of marine diesel oil in relation to the prohibition on the discharge of oil at sea

These Regulations make a number of minor amendments in the form of the prescribed records which ships are required to keep in respect of oil which they discharge into the sea.

This Order extends the zones where ships are prohibited from discharging oil into the sea

This Order brings into effect on the 18th May, 1967, the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1965 .

This Order declares that the tidal waters of the rivers Owenmore and Owenduff as specified and defined in the Order shall be special tidal waters for the purposes of the Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1964.

These Regulations require Kilkenny County Council to arrange for the fluoridation of the Bennettsbridge Regional, Piltown and Fiddown, and Thomastown public piped water supplies, in addition to the public piped water supplies specified in the original Regulations.

These Regulations require Dublin County Council, acting as agent for Dublin Health Authority, to fluoridate the new North Dublin Regional Water Supply, which obtains water from the river Liffey at Leixlip.

These Regulations require Cork Health Authority to arrange for the fluoridation of the public water supplies specified in the First Schedule, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 5, 6, 7 and 8. Under Article 4, Cobh, Youghal, Midleton, Fermoy, Skibbereen, Macroom and Kinsale Urban District Councils and Cork County Council, acting as agents for Cork Health Authority, are required to perform certain acts in relation to the fluoridation of their respective piped water supplies.