Water Services Act 2007

3.

Commencement.

3.— This Act comes into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

E3

Commencement information ordered by section is available at https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/isbc/2007_30.html.

E4

Power pursuant to section exercised (29.03.2024) by Water Services Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 116 of 2024).

3. The 29th day of March 2024 is fixed as the day on which subsections (8) to (13) and (15) to (17), in so far as they refer to a notice under subsection (13) of section 43 of the Act of 2007, of section 92 of the Act of 2007 come into operation.

E5

Power pursuant to section exercised (30.04.2009) by Water Services Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 139 of 2009).

2. The 30th April 2009 is fixed as the day on which subsections (6) and (7) of section 70 of the Water Services Act 2007 come into operation.

E6

Power pursuant to section exercised (15.12.2008) by Water Services Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 528 of 2008).

2. The 15th of December 2008 is fixed as the day on which section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 comes into operation.

3. The 15th of December 2008 is fixed as the day on which section 4(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Water Services Act 2007 come into operation to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

REPEALS

NUMBER AND YEAR

SHORT TITLE

EXTENT OF REPEAL

26 and 27 Vic., c. 93

Waterworks Clauses Act 1863

Sections 16 and 17

E7

Power pursuant to section exercised (31.12.2007) by Water Services Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 846 of 2007).

2. The 31st day of December 2007 is fixed as the day on which sections 1 to 3, 5 to 35, 39 to 48, 50 to 55, 57, 58 except subsection (2), 59 to 62, 68, 70 except subsections (6) and (7), 71 to 76, 91, 93 to 103 and 108 to 116 of the Water Services Act 2007 come into operation.

3. The 31st day of December 2007 is fixed as the day on which section 107 of the Water Services Act 2007 comes into operation, except in so far as it provides in paragraph (a) for the insertion of subsections (2) to (7) of section 58A into the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 .

4. The 31st day of December 2007 is fixed as the day on which section 4(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Water Services Act 2007 come into operation to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

REPEALS

NUMBER AND YEAR

SHORT TITLE

EXTENT OF REPEAL

10 and 11 Vic., c. 17

Waterworks Clauses Act 1847

The whole Act

24 and 25 Vic., c. 172

Dublin Corporation Waterworks Act 1861

Sections 43 and 57

26 and 27 Vic., c. 93

Waterworks Clauses Act 1863

Sections 13 to 15, and 18 to 21

29 and 30 Vic., c. cclxi

Bray Township Act 1866

Sections 45, 49, 50, 64, 65 and 66

37 and 38 Vic., c. cxlii

Dublin Corporation Waterworks Act 1874

The whole Act

41 and 42 Vic., c. 52

Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878

Sections 15, 17, 19 to 21, 23, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 44, 47, 48, 50, 57(2), 58, 61, 62, 65, 68 to 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 92, 228, 268, 285, 289 and 290

48 and 49 Vic., c. 34

Water Rate Definition Act 1885

The whole Act

53 and 54 Vic., c. 59

Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890

16, 17, 20, 22, 27 and 47

59 and 60 Vic., c. 54

Public Health (Ireland) Act 1896

In section 2, the words “and may with the like consent supply and sell water to any person in such adjoining district,” Sections 5(2) and 15

7 Edw., 7. c. 53

Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907

Section 36, 38 to 46, 49 and 95

No. 3 of 1948

Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1948

Sections 10, 11, 18 and 26 to 29

No. 26 of 1962

Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1962

Sections 1, 8, 9 and 11 to 15

No. 1 of 1977

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977

Sections 6(2A)(b) (inserted by the Act of 1990) and 27(2)

No. 21 of 1990

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act 1990

Sections 24 and 25

No. 31 of 1993

Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993

Section 33

No. 30 of 2000

Planning and Development Act 2000

Sections 258 and 259