National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
F87[F88[Manage-ment of renewable transport fuel accounts.]
44F.— (1) On opening a F88[renewable transport fuel] obligation account under section 44E(1) or on granting an application under section 44E(3) to open a F88[renewable transport fuel] obligation account, the Agency shall issue the F88[renewable transport fuel] obligation account holder with an account number in respect of the F88[renewable transport fuel] obligation account concerned.
(2) F88[Renewable transport fuel] obligation accounts shall be opened and maintained in electronic form or in such other form as the Agency determines or in both forms and in accordance with such procedures as the Agency determines for the purposes of, but not necessarily limited to—
(a) the opening, maintenance and closure of accounts, and
(b) the issuing, transfer, cancellation and revocation of F88[renewable transport fuel] obligation certificates and any other functions of the Agency under this Act relating to the administration of the F88[renewable transport fuel] obligation.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F87
Inserted (1.07.2010) by Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (11/2010), s. 3, S.I. No. 322 of 2010.
F88
Substituted (15.07.2022) by European Union (Renewable Energy) Regulations (2) 2022 (S.I. No. 350 of 2022), reg. 17(1)(g)(i), (ii), in effect as per reg. 1(2).
Modifications (not altering text):
C12
Functions transferred and references to the Minister for and Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications construed (28.02.2023, vesting day) by Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Act 2023 (2/2023), ss. 23, 24, 28, S.I. Nos. 81, 82 of 2023, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 25-27, 29.
Transfer of functions to Minister for Transport
23. The functions conferred on the Minister by or under—
(a) sections 44A, 44C, 44D, 44E, 44F, 44G, 44H, 44I, 44J, 44K, 44L, 44M, 44N, 44Q, 44R, 44S, 44T, 44V, 44W and 44X of the Act of 2007, ...
are transferred to the Minister for Transport on the vesting day.
Transfer of administration and business
24. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of the functions transferred by section 23 are, on the vesting day, transferred to the Department of Transport.
(2) References to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications contained in any enactment (other than this Act) in so far as they relate to the administration and business transferred by subsection (1) shall, from the vesting day, be construed as references to the Department of Transport.
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Construction of references to Minister
28. (1) References to the Minister contained in any enactment (other than this Act) in so far as they relate to any function transferred by section 23 shall, from the vesting day, be construed as references to the Minister for Transport.
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