Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010
Number 4 of 2010
PETROLEUM (EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION) SAFETY ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 9 January 2023
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010. 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 Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 4 of 2010
PETROLEUM (EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION) SAFETY ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 9 January 2023
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
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (3/2012)
All Acts up to and including Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Remaining Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 500 of 2013)
• Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 471 of 2012)
• European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011)
• Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 367 of 2010)
• Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 227 of 2010)
All statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 4 of 2010
PETROLEUM (EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION) SAFETY ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 9 January 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
Acts Referred to
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1968, No. 14 |
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1999, No. 23 |
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1933, No. 12 |
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1976, No. 30 |
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1960, No. 7 |
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2006, No. 8 |
Number 4 of 2010
PETROLEUM (EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION) SAFETY ACT 2010
REVISED
Updated to 9 January 2023
AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999; TO CONFER FUNCTIONS ON THE COMMISSION FOR ENERGY REGULATION IN RESPECT OF THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM ACTIVITIES OF PETROLEUM UNDERTAKINGS WITH REGARD TO SAFETY; TO MAKE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN OTHER ACTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[3rd April, 2010]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of Act affected (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), regs. 42(22), 46(3), 63(2) 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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Review of existing plans
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(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a decision, including a decision to adopt or undertake, or give approval for a plan, may include those adopted, undertaken or approved pursuant to any of the enactments set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
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General provisions regarding licences etc
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(2) A licence, consent, permission, permit, derogation or other authorisation given under these Regulations or under any of the enactments referred to in the Second Schedule may include conditions requiring compliance with any guideline or code of practice issued under Regulation 71 or such provisions thereof as may be specified in the conditions.
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SECOND SCHEDULE
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