Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Act 2023

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2007

3. Section 2 of the Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“‘Oil Emergency Plan’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 68;

‘public body’ means any of the following:

(a) a Minister of the Government;

(b) a local authority;

(c) the Health Service Executive;

(d) a university or institute of technology;

(e) an education and training board established under section 9 of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 ;

(f) any other person, body or organisation established—

(i) by or under an enactment (other than the Companies Act 2014 ) or charter,

(ii) by any scheme administered by a Minister of the Government, or

(iii) under the Companies Act 2014 in pursuance of powers conferred by or under another enactment, and financed wholly or partly by means of money provided, or loans made or guaranteed, by a Minister of the Government or the issue of shares held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government;

(g) a company (within the meaning of the Companies Act 2014 ) a majority of the shares in which are held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government;

(h) any other person, body, organisation or group that the Minister may prescribe for the purposes of this Act;

‘register’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 69.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “prescribed”:

“‘prescribed’ means prescribed (other than in sections 44D, 44E, 44G, 44GA, 44X and 44J) by regulations made by the Minister;”.