S.I. No. 47/2008 - Gas (Amendment) Act 1987 (Section 2) (Distribution) (Amendment) Order 2008

S.I. No. 47 of 2008

GAS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987 (SECTION 2) (DISTRIBUTION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th February, 2008.

The Commission for Energy Regulation, having received and considered a request made to it by Bord Gáis Éireann and, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2 of the Gas (Amendment) Act 1987 , hereby orders as follows:

Citation.

1. This Order may be cited as the Gas (Amendment) Act 1987 (Section 2) (Distribution) (Amendment) Order 2008.

Interpretation.

2. In this Order, “Principal Order” means Gas (Amendment) Act 1987 (Section 2) (Distribution) Order 2003 ( S.I. No. 196 of 2003 ) as amended by Gas (Amendment) Act 1987 (Section 2) (Distribution) (Amendment) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 528 of 2007 ).

Commencement

3. This Order shall come into operation on 26 February 2008.

Amendment of Principal Order.

4. (1) The Principal Order is is hereby amended by the substitution of the following Schedule for the Schedule to that Order:

Article 4 (1)

SCHEDULE

SEALED with the common seal of the Commission for Energy Regulation on the 26 February 2008.

MICHAEL G. TUTTY,

Member of Commission.

DENIS CAGNEY,

Member of Staff of Commission.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order amends the Schedule of the Principal Order so as to bring the entirety of counties Roscommon, Westmeath and Offaly within BGÉ’s remit.