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

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Number 2 of 2023

OIL EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY AND TRANSFER OF RENEWABLE TRANSPORT FUEL FUNCTIONS ACT 2023

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement

PART 2

Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007

2. Definitions

3. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2007

4. Amendment of section 15 of Act of 2007

5. Amendment of section 28 of Act of 2007

6. Amendment of section 29 of Act of 2007

7. Amendment of section 30 of Act of 2007

8. Amendment of section 43A of Act of 2007

9. Amendment of section 44D of Act of 2007

10. Amendment of section 44G of Act of 2007

11. Obligation to include minimum percentage volume of renewable transport fuel

12. Amendment of section 44J of Act of 2007

13. Amendment of section 44U of Act of 2007

14. Exemption from renewable transport fuel obligation in cases of particular urgency

15. Amendment of section 46 of Act of 2007

16. Amendment of section 47 of Act of 2007

17. Amendment of section 58 of Act of 2007

18. Regulations and orders - Minister for Transport

19. Amendment of section 64 of Act of 2007

20. Amendment of section 68 of Act of 2007

21. Register

22. Provision of information by Minister to Minister for Transport

PART 3

Transfer of certain functions under Act of 2007

23. Transfer of functions to Minister for Transport

24. Transfer of administration and business

25. Pending legal proceedings

26. Completion of certain matters commenced

27. Operation of certain instruments

28. Construction of references to Minister

29. Transfer of property, etc. to Minister for Transport

30. Vesting day

PART 4

Amendment of Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971

31. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1971

Acts Referred to

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46)

Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)

Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11)

Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23)

Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971 (No. 3)

National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 (No. 7)

Number 2 of 2023

OIL EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY AND TRANSFER OF RENEWABLE TRANSPORT FUEL FUNCTIONS ACT 2023

An Act to amend the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 to provide for the preparation of an oil emergency plan in response to an oil emergency, to enable the Minister for Transport to exempt certain oil stocks from the requirement to be blended with renewable transport fuel in certain cases and to increase the supply of renewable transport fuel available in the State; to establish a Petroleum Register; to transfer renewable transport fuel functions from the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to the Minister for Transport; to amend the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act 1971 to enable the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to divert supplies of fuel to critical services in certain cases of fuel shortages; and to provide for related matters.

[24th February, 2023]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: