S.I. No. 528/2008 - Water Services Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008

S.I. No. 528 of 2008

WATER SERVICES ACT 2007 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 12th December, 2008.

I, JOHN GORMLEY, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30 of 2007) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Water Services Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008.

2. The 15th of December 2008 is fixed as the day on which section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 comes into operation.

3. The 15th of December 2008 is fixed as the day on which section 4(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Water Services Act 2007 come into operation to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

REPEALS

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

9 December 2008

JOHN GORMLEY

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings Section 56 of the Water Services Act 2007 into operation, as well as the repeal of a related enactment specified in the Schedule to the Order.