S.I. No. 68/2008 - Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2008


S.I. No. 68 of 2008

ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 (COMMENCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th March, 2008.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 40 of 2006) (as adapted by the Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 706 of 2007 )) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2008.

2. (1) The 12th day of March 2008 is appointed as the day on which sections 4, 11 and 12 and, subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, section 13 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 40 of 2006) come into operation.

(2) Section 13 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 comes into operation by virtue of paragraph (1) except in so far as it relates to subsections (3) and (4) of section 9G (inserted by the said section 13) of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23 of 1999).

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

11 March 2008

EAMON RYAN.

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order brings into operation on 12 March 2008, sections 4, 11 and 12 and the majority of section 13 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 , for the purpose of assigning responsibility for the regulation of electrical contrators, gas installers and gas undertakings with respect to safety and related matters to the Commission for Energy Regulation.