Water Services Act 2007
Transfer of functions from sanitary authorities.
39.— All functions assigned to sanitary authorities under any other enactment shall, in so far as they relate to the carrying out by a water services authority of functions in relation to the provision of water services, be deemed to be functions of a water services authority, and all references to a sanitary authority in those acts and related enactments are to be construed accordingly.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Certain functions under section transferred and references construed (1.01.2014) by Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013), ss. 6, 7(3), (4), (S.I. No. 575 of 2013).
Transfer day
6. The Minister shall, by order, appoint a day to be the transfer day for the purposes of this Act.
Transfer of functions from water service authorities to Irish Water
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(3) All functions of sanitary authorities deemed to be functions of a water services authority under section 39 of the Act of 2007 shall, on the transfer day, be transferred to Irish Water.
(4) References to a sanitary authority in any enactment or instrument under any enactment shall, on and after the transfer day, in so far as they relate to any function transferred by subsection (3), be construed as references to Irish Water.
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Continuance of certain functions of water service authorities
10. Functions transferred to Irish Water under section 7 shall, on and after the transfer day continue to be performable by a water services authority for the purposes of the performance of its functions under an excluded provision and, accordingly, for those purposes references in the Act of 2007 that, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 7, are to be construed as references to Irish Water shall be construed as including references to a water services authority.