Gas Act 1976

Regulations.

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4. (1) The Minister may make regulations for prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed.

(2) Every regulation made under this Act by the Minister shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

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Modifications (not altering text):

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Certain functions transferred and references to “Department of Public Enterprise” and “Minister for Public Enterprise” construed (27.07.2001) by Petroleum and Offshore Exploration (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 389 of 2001), arts. 3, 4 and table, subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-7.

Note that the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources was most recently renamed as Communications, Climate Action and Environment (23.07.2016) by Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 421 of 2016), in effect as per art. 1(2).

3. The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are transferred to the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources.

4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Public Enterprise (being the title of that Minister by virtue of the Transport, Energy and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (S.I. No. 299 of 1997)) by virtue of the Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1993 (S.I. No. 12 of 1993), by or under the provisions of the Gas Act, 1976 (No. 30 of 1976), as amended, which are set out in column (1) of the Table to this article are hereby transferred to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources to the extent specified in column (2) of that Table opposite the mention of the section in the said column (1).

(2) References to the Minister for Public Enterprise and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.

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Column 2

Provisions

Extent of transfer

Sections 4, 6, 8, 27, 31, 32, 40A and Second Schedule

In so far as they relate to any upstream pipeline network

Section 40

In so far as it is not already transferred by the Petroleum and Offshore Exploration (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2000 (S.I. No. 110 of 2000), and to the extent that it relates to any upstream pipeline network.

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2003) by Gas Act 1976 (Section 10A(1)(e) (Annual Rate of Consumption) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 545 of 2002), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1990) by Gas Act 1976 (Sections 4 and 40A) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 51 of 1990); revoked (9.04.2021) by European Union (Gas Act 1976) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 174 of 2021), reg. 3.