Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022

PART 2

Reorganisation of Uisce Éireann

Change of name of Irish Water

5. (1) The company known in the Irish language as Uisce Éireann and in the English language as Irish Water shall, on and from the day immediately before the appointed day, be known only as its name in the Irish language, Uisce Éireann.

(2) On and from the day specified in subsection (1)

(a) references in any enactment, legal proceedings or other document to Irish Water shall be construed as references to Uisce Éireann only, and

(b) the Principal Act, other than in section 4, is amended by the substitution of “Uisce Éireann” for “the subsidiary” in each place where it occurs.