Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Eirgrid) Act 2008
Number 11 of 2008
ELECTRICITY REGULATION (AMENDMENT) (EIRGRID) ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 12 July 2022
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Eirgrid) Act 2008. 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.
All Acts up to and including the Eirgrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 (17/2022), enacted 7 July 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Income Disregard) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 397 of 2022), made 12 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 11 of 2008
ELECTRICITY REGULATION (AMENDMENT) (EIRGRID) ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 12 July 2022
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.
Annotations
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Material not updated in this revision
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Eirgrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 (17/2022)
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)
All Acts up to and including Eirgrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022 (17/2022), enacted 7 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)
All statutory instruments up to and including Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Income Disregard) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 397 of 2022), made 12 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 11 of 2008
ELECTRICITY REGULATION (AMENDMENT) (EIRGRID) ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 12 July 2022
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
2. Functions of EirGrid and interconnector.
4. Amendment of section 34A (terms for access to interconnector) of Act of 1999.
5. Subsidiaries of EirGrid, etc.
7. Capital expenditure by EirGrid.
8. Alteration of memorandum and articles of association of EirGrid.
Acts Referred to
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Companies Acts |
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Electricity Regulation Act 1999 |
1999, No. 23 |
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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 |
2006, No. 40 |
Number 11 of 2008
ELECTRICITY REGULATION (AMENDMENT) (EIRGRID) ACT 2008
REVISED
Updated to 12 July 2022
AN ACT TO ENABLE, SUBJECT TO THE GRANT OF AN AUTHORISATION BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 16(1)(b) OF THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999, THE CONSTRUCTION BY EIRGRID OF AN INTERCONNECTOR, TO ENABLE, SUBJECT TO THE GRANT OF A LICENCE UNDER SECTION 14(1)(i) OF THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999, THE TRANSPORTATION OF ELECTRICITY ACROSS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH AN INTERCONNECTOR BY EIRGRID, TO ENABLE EIRGRID TO OWN AND OPERATE SUCH AN INTERCONNECTOR, TO PROVIDE FOR SUBSIDIARIES OF EIRGRID, TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT EIRGRID MAY BORROW, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY EIRGRID AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS.
[8th July, 2008]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: