Water Services Act 2013
Number 6 of 2013
WATER SERVICES ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2023
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Water Services Act 2013. 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 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 the 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 6 of 2013
WATER SERVICES ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 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
Water Services Acts 2007 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation to be construed together as one (Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Water Services Act 2007 (30/2007)
• Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 (2/2012)
• Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013)
• Water Services Act 2014 (44/2014)
• Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (29/2015), part 10
• Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017)
• Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022)
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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 1985, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022)
• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)
• ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014)
• Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013)
• Gas Regulation Act 2013 (39/2013)
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
• Water Services Act 2013 (Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 84 of 2015)
• Water Services Act 2013 (Prescribed Persons) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 269 of 2013)
• Water Services Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 108 of 2013)
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 6 of 2013
WATER SERVICES ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
Subsidiary Company
5. Name and share capital of subsidiary.
6. Memorandum and articles of association of subsidiary.
7. Disqualification for office of director of subsidiary.
8. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament.
9. Disclosure of interests by directors of subsidiary.
10. Disclosure of interests by members of staff of subsidiary.
11. Disclosure of confidential information.
12. Borrowing by Board and subsidiary. (Repealed)
13. Guarantee of borrowings of Board and subsidiary. (Repealed)
14. Provision of moneys for payments out of Central Fund. (Repealed)
16. Subsidiary’s capital commitments.
17. Accounts of subsidiary. (Repealed)
17B. Preparation and audit of statutory financial statements.
17C. Appointment of statutory auditor or firm.
17E. Presentation of financial statements and reports.
18. Annual report of subsidiary. (Repealed)
18AA. Accountability to Committee of Public Accounts.
Installation of Water Meters
20. Performance of certain functions by metering authorities. (Repealed)
22. Ownership of water meters.
Miscellaneous
24. Performance of functions generally.
25. Performance of functions preparatory to conferral of water services functions.
26. Provision of information to Board and subsidiary.
27. Performance of functions by Commission.
28. Amendment of section 105 of Act of 2007. (Repealed)
29. Amendment of Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983.
31. Annual report of Board. (Repealed)
Acts Referred to
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1963, No. 33 |
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1990, No. 33 |
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1983, No. 13 |
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2009, No. 20 |
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1999, No. 23 |
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1995, No. 22 |
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1997, No. 2 |
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1976, No. 30 |
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2002, No. 10 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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1983, No. 21 |
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1997, No. 29 |
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2000, No. 30 |
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2011, No. 40 |
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2004, No. 27 |
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2007, No. 30 |
Number 6 of 2013
WATER SERVICES ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2023
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER METERS IN DWELLINGS; FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE FORMATION OF A SUBSIDIARY COMPANY BY BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN AND THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER THE WATER SERVICES ACT 2007 BY BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN AND THAT SUBSIDIARY COMPANY; TO AMEND THE GAS ACT 1976 AND THE WATER SERVICES ACT 2007; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN AND THAT SUBSIDIARY COMPANY; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
[20th March, 2013]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Name Irish Water construed (16.12.2022 with effect from 31.12.2022) by Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), s. 5(1), (2)(a), S.I. No. 678 of 2022, art. 3(b). See also Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Appointed Day) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 682 of 2022).
Change of Name of Irish Water
5. (1) The company known in the Irish language as Uisce Éireann and in the English language as Irish Water shall, on and from the day immediately before the appointed day, be known only as its name in the Irish language, Uisce Éireann.
(2) On and from the day specified in subsection (1)—
(a) references in any enactment, legal proceedings or other document to Irish Water shall be construed as references to Uisce Éireann only, and
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