Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010

Number 11 of 2010

ENERGY (BIOFUEL OBLIGATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2010

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Definition.

PART 2

Biofuel Obligation

3. Biofuel obligation.

PART 3

Amendments to Principal Act

4. Amendment of section 2 (interpretation) of Principal Act.

5. Amendment of section 8 (object and functions of Agency) of Principal Act.

6. Amendment of section 14 (board of directors) of Principal Act.

7. Amendment of section 16 (power to establish subsidiaries) of Principal Act.

8. Amendment of section 18 (power to engage consultants and advisers) of Principal Act.

9. Amendment of section 19 (chief executive (appointment and terms of office)) of Principal Act.

10. Amendment of section 21 (staff of Agency) of Principal Act.

11. Appointment of National Treasury Management Agency to act on behalf of Agency in certain matters.

12. Amendment of section 36 (definitions for Part 5) of Principal Act.

13. Amendment of section 44 (regulations relating to levy) of Principal Act.

14. Amendment of section 45 (definitions for Part 6) of Principal Act.

15. Amendment of section 47 (powers of authorised officers) of Principal Act.

16. Claims for repayment where overpayment in respect of levy or biofuel levy.

17. Amendment of section 63 (burden of proof in certain proceedings) of Principal Act.

18. Amendment of section 64 (prosecution of offences) of Principal Act.

19. Amendment of section 67 (giving of notices) of Principal Act.

PART 4

Miscellaneous Amendments to other Acts

Chapter 1

Amendment of Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971

20. Amendment of section 4 (offences, prosecutions and punishments) of Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971.

Chapter 2

Amendment of Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1982

21. Amendment of section 7 (powers of authorised officer to inspect premises, obtain information, etc.) of Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1982.

Chapter 3

Amendment of Electricity Regulation Act 1999

22. Definition (Chapter 3).

23. Amendment of section 2 (interpretation) of Act of 1999.

24. Amendment of section 9 (functions of Commission) of Act of 1999.

25. Amendment of section 9G (gas works) of Act of 1999.

26. Amendment of section 9H (regulations relating to gas safety) of Act of 1999.

27. Amendment of section 9J (gas safety officers) of Act of 1999.

Chapter 4

Amendment of Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

28. Repeal of section 14 (extension of gas safety provisions to liquefied petroleum gas) of Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006.

Acts Referred to

Number 11 of 2010

ENERGY (BIOFUEL OBLIGATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2010

AN ACT TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE USE OF BIOFUEL IN THE STATE AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCREASED SUPPLY OF BIOFUEL IN THE STATE BY MEANS OF A BIOFUEL OBLIGATION REQUIRING THAT A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF ROAD TRANSPORT FUEL IS BIOFUEL; TO IMPOSE A LEVY ON RELEVANT DISPOSALS OF BIOFUEL; TO CONFER ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS ON THE NATIONAL OIL RESERVES AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE BIOFUEL OBLIGATION; TO GIVE EFFECT TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE 2009/28/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 23 APRIL 2009 ON THE PROMOTION OF THE USE OF ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES AND AMENDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALING DIRECTIVES 2001/77/EC AND 2003/30/EC; FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE NATIONAL OIL RESERVES AGENCY ACT 2007 ; TO AMEND THE FUELS (CONTROL OF SUPPLIES) ACT 1971 , THE FUELS (CONTROL OF SUPPLIES) ACT 1982 , THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999 AND THE ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[9th June, 2010]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: