S.I. No. 227/2010 - Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2010.

1. This Order may be cited as the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2010.

2. The 22nd day of May 2010 is appointed as the day on which sections 1, 2 and 4 together with sections 13A, 13B, 13C, 13G, 13H and 13K inserted by

section 3

of the

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010

(No. 4 of 2010) come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 May 2010.

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 22nd May 2010, sections 1, 2 and 4, together with sections 13A, 13B, 13C, 13G, 13H and 13K of the

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010

, for the purpose of assigning responsibility for the regulation of upstream petroleum activities with respect to safety to the Commission for Energy Regulation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

28

th May

, 2010.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) of the

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010

(No. 4 of 2010) hereby order as follows