Gas (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024

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Number 11 of 2024


GAS (AMENDMENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2024


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction

2. Definitions

3. Repeals

4. Saver for certain business activity

5. Expenses

PART 2

Dissolution of Ervia, Transfer of Functions, Assets, Liabilities, Records and Staff, etc.

6. Transfer day

7. Cancellation of shareholding

8. Power to issue shares

9. Appointment of majority-shareholding Minister

10. Exercise of powers by Ministers of the Government in respect of shares

11. Transfer of functions

12. Transfer of land and other property

13. Transfer of rights and liabilities and continuation of leases, licences and permissions granted by dissolved body

14. Liability for loss occurring before transfer day

15. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities

16. Transfer of records

17. Transfer of staff

18. Final accounts and final annual report of dissolved body

PART 3

Amendment of other Enactments

19. Amendment of Act of 1976

20. Amendment of Act of 2013

21. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 2014

PART 4

Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

Chapter 1

Transfer of functions under Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

22. Definitions (Part 4)

23. Vesting day

24. Transfer of functions to Minister

25. Transfer of administration and business

26. Pending legal proceedings

27. Completion of certain matters commenced

28. Operation of certain instruments

29. Construction of references to Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

30. Transfer of property, etc., to Minister

Chapter 2

Amendment of Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

31. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 2021

32. Provision relating to first marine planning policy statement

33. Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2021

34. Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2021

35. Amendment of section 29 of Act of 2021


Acts Referred to

Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005

Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19)

Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 40)

Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22)

Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30)

Gas (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 26)

Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 (No. 10)

Gas Act 1976 (No. 30)

Gas Regulation Act 2013 (No. 39)

Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)

Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (No. 50)

Maritime Area Planning Acts 2021 to 2023

Maternity Protection Acts 1994 to 2022

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)

Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35)

Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2023

Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11)

Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14)

Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (No. 29)

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2022

Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014

Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015

Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 39)

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Number 11 of 2024


GAS (AMENDMENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2024


An Act to provide for the dissolution of Ervia and the transfer of functions, assets, liabilities, records and staff to Gas Networks Ireland and for those and other purposes to amend and extend the Gas Act 1976 and the Gas Regulation Act 2013 ; to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 ; to provide for the transfer of functions of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage by or under the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications; to amend the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 to provide for certain arrangements relating to the making of the marine planning policy statement and designated maritime area plans under that Act; and to provide for related matters.

[1st May, 2024]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: