Water Services Act 2014

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Number 44 of 2014


WATER SERVICES ACT 2014


CONTENTS

Section

1. Definitions

2. Plebiscite on ownership of Irish Water

3. Water charges - dwellings

4. Late payment charge - dwellings

5. Water conservation grant

6. Prohibition on reduction of supply to dwelling

7. Public Water Forum

8. Customer dispute resolution

9. Superannuation

10. Loans relating to property

11. Abolition of power of Irish Water to require PPS numbers of its customers

12. Public water services property not rateable

13. Increase in membership of board of Ervia

14. Regulations and orders

15. Expenses

16. Short title and collective citation


Acts Referred to

Companies Acts

Gas Act 1976 (No. 30)

Gas Regulation Act 2013 (No. 39)

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 (No. 17)

Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 (No. 37)

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)

Valuation Act 2001 (No. 13)

Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50)

Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30)

Water Services Act 2013 (No. 6)

Water Services Acts 2007 to 2013

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Number 44 of 2014


WATER SERVICES ACT 2014


An Act to make provision, should the Government with the consent of both Houses of the Oireachtas propose to alienate the shareholding in Irish Water of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Finance, for the holding of a Plebiscite of the People to decide upon the proposal; to provide for the maximum level of charges that Irish Water may impose on a person in respect of the provision of water services to a dwelling, for the payment of a grant to householders for the conservation of water, for the establishment by the Commission for Energy Regulation of a public water forum, for the provision by the Commission for Energy Regulation of dispute resolution procedures for customers of Irish Water and for matters relating to the superannuation of persons employed with Irish Water before those persons entered into service with Irish Water; to rescind the power of Irish Water to require the personal public service number of its customers; to increase the membership of the Board of Ervia; to amend the Water Services Acts 2007 to 2013, the First Schedule to the Gas Act 1976 , Schedule 4 to the Valuation Act 2001 and Schedule 5 to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 ; and to provide for connected matters.

[28th December, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: