DUMPING AT SEA ACT 1996LONG TITLE An Act to make further provision to control dumping at sea, to give effect 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, and for those purposes to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Dumping at Sea Act, 1981, and to provide for related matters. [19th June, 1996] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Interpretation. 1.—In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— "authorised officer" shall be construed in accordance with section 6 (1) of this Act; "company" has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990; "dumping" means— ( a ) any deliberate disposal in the maritime area (including side-cast dredging, plough dredging, water injection dredging and other such dredging techniques) of a substance or material from or in conjunction with a vessel or aircraft or offshore installation, ( b ) any deliberat...