Gas Act 1976

F120[Compliance with environmental conditions, enforcement etc.

40D

40D. (1) Where the Commission or the Minister, as the case may be, grants consent under section 39A or 40, the Board or the other person to whom the consent has been granted shall comply with the environmental conditions (including conditions regarding monitoring measures, parameters to be monitored and the duration of monitoring), (if any), attached under section 40A (1)(df) or section 40B(6).

(2) It shall be an offence for the Board or the other person to whom the consent has been granted to fail to comply with subsection (1).

(3) Where the Board or the other person to whom the consent has been granted, as the case may be, commits an offence under subsection (2), it shall be liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or

(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding Eur 500,000.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F120

Inserted (9.04.2021) by European Union (Gas Act 1976) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 174 of 2021), reg. 9. A class A fine means a fine not greater than €5,000 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 4(1), S.I. No. 662 of 2010.