Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002
Number 10 of 2002
GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT 2002
REVISED
Updated to 1 June 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 10 of 2002
GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT 2002
REVISED
Updated to 1 June 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Short title, collective citation and construction.
2.
3.
4.
Laying of regulations and orders.
5.
Commission for Energy Regulation.
6.
7.
Transfer of functions from Minister to Commission.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Functions of Board Gáis Éireann.
12.
13.
14.
Transmission of natural gas by pipeline operators on behalf of other persons.
15.
Directives as to profits and financial objectives of Board Gáis Éireann.
16.
17.
Unbundling of accounts of natural gas undertakings.
18.
19.
19A.
19B.
National security measures for natural gas.
20.
21.
21A.
21B.
21C.
Consumer Protection. (Repealed)
21D.
Resolution of Disputes. (Repealed)
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23.
24.
Functions under Acts transferred from Minister to Commission
Acts Referred to
Companies Acts, 1963 to 2001
Continental Shelf Act, 1968
Electricity Regulation Act, 1999
Electricity Regulation Acts, 1999 and 2000
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1995
Freedom of Information Act, 1997
Gas Act, 1976
Gas Acts, 1976 to 2000
Gas (Amendment) Acts, 1987
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1993
Gas (Amendment) Acts, 2000
Harbours Act, 1946
Harbours Act, 1996
Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960
Number 10 of 2002
GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT 2002
REVISED
Updated to 1 June 2024
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE GAS SECTOR IN THE STATE BY THE COMMISSION FOR ENERGY REGULATION AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO TRANSFER TO IT CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHANGE OF NAME OF THE COMMISSION FOR ELECTRICITY REGULATION, TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE GAS ACTS, 1976 TO 2000, THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACTS, 1999 AND 2000, AND TO GIVE EFFECT TO DIRECTIVE 98/30/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [10th April, 2002]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of Act restricted (29.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), reg. 42(22) and sch. 2, in effect as per reg. 1(3).
Screening for Appropriate Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of implications for European Sites
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(22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies.
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An authorisation, application etc. issued under Act continued in force (20.07.2004) by European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 452 of 2004), reg. 3.
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3. An authorisation, application, licence, designation, decision, determination, direction, consent, notice, notification, order or regulation made, granted or issued under the Gas Act 1976, the Act of 1999 or the Act of 2002 in force immediately before the making of these Regulations continues in force after such making as if made, granted or issued under the Act concerned as amended by these Regulations.