S.I. No. 471/2012 - Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2012.

1. This Order may be cited as the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2012.

2. The 1st day of January 2013 is appointed as the day on which

section 3

(

d

) of the

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010

(No. 4 of 2010), in so far as it relates to the insertion of sections 13D and 13L into the

Electricity Regulation Act 1999

(No. 23 of 1999), comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 November 2012.

PAT RABBITTE,

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

4

th December

, 2012.

I, PAT RABBITTE, 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