Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012
Number 3 of 2012
ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012. 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 Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 (42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 3 of 2012
ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
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.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1978, may be found in the Legislation Directory at www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014)
All Acts up to and including Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 (42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 17 of 2015)
• European Union (Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 131 of 2014)
• Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies (Dissolution) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 82 of 2014)
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Sections 17, 18 and 19) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 20 of 2013)
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 122 of 2012)
All statutory instruments up to and including Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 3 of 2012
ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
Miscellaneous Amendments to Energy Acts
Superannuation of transferred staff
3. Amendment of Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942.
4. Superannuation of transferred employees of Bord Gáis Éireann.
Theft of electricity and gas and deemed contracts
5. Theft of electricity and gas and deemed contracts.
Electricity and Gas Safety
6. Electrical investigation officer.
7. Regulation of electrical contractors by Commission regulating safety.
8. Amendment of section 9J(1) of Act of 1999.
9. Amendment of sections 9L, 9M and 9N and Part IIA of Act of 1999.
Energy efficiency
11. Requirements on energy suppliers.
12. Voluntary agreements by energy suppliers.
13. Performance of Minister’s functions by other person.
15. Service of notices and directions.
LPG and Natural Gas
17. LPG — amendment of Act of 1999.
18. LPG and natural gas — enforcement.
19. Amendment of Schedule to Act of 1999.
Dissolution of Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies and Transitional Provisions
20. Dissolution of Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies and Transitional Provisions.
Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
21. Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007.
Repeals
Acts Referred to
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1963, No. 33 |
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Companies Acts |
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Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 |
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1927, No. 27 |
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1999, No. 23 |
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1942, No. 17 |
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Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 |
2010, No. 11 |
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1995, No. 35 |
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2006, No. 40 |
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2002, No. 10 |
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1976, No. 30 |
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2007, No. 7 |
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2010, No. 4 |
Number 3 of 2012
ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PENSION ENTITLEMENTS OF EMPLOYEES OF BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN WHO TRANSFER TO GASLINK AND OF EMPLOYEES OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD WHO TRANSFER TO EIRGRID PLC AND ESB NETWORKS LTD., TO AMEND THE ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1995 AND THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACTS RELATING TO GAS OR ELECTRICITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[25th February, 2012]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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References to “Bord Gáis Éireann” and “The Irish Gas Board” construed (19.06.2014) by ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014), s. 8(1),(2), S.I. No. 286 of 2014.
Change of name of Bord Gáis Éireann to Ervia
8. (1) The name of the body (established by section 7 of the Gas Act 1976 ) the present name of which is, in the Irish language, Bord Gáis Éireann and, in the English language, The Irish Gas Board, shall, on and from such day as the Minister appoints by order, be Ervia.
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument, legal proceedings or any other document to Bord Gáis Éireann or The Irish Gas Board shall, on and from the day appointed under subsection (1), be construed as references to Ervia.