S.I. No. 148/1998:S.I. No. 148/1998:WASTE MANAGEMENT (USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN AGRICULTURE) REGULATIONS, 1998 WASTE MANAGEMENT (USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN AGRICULTURE) REGULATIONS, 1998 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by sections 7 and 51 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (No. 10 of 1996), which said powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 428 of 1997 ), I, Dan Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations:- 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations, 1998. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 20th day of May, 1998. (3) The purposes for which these Regulations are made include the purpose of giving effect to provisions of Council Directive 86/278/EEC (1) of 12 June, 19...