S.I. No. 20/2013 - Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Sections 17, 18 and 19) (Commencement) Order 2013.

1. This Order may be cited as the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Sections 17, 18 and 19) (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The day appointed as the day on which sections 17 (other than subsection (2)(

f

)), 18 and 19 of the

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012

(No. 3 of 2012) come into operation is 24 January 2013.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 January 2013.

PAT RABBITTE,

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 appoints the 24th day of January 2013 as the date on which

sections 17

(with the exception of subsection (2)(

f

)),

18

and

19

of the

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012

(No. 3 of 2012) come into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th January

, 2013.

I, PAT RABBITTE, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(2) of the

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012

(No. 3 of 2012), hereby order as follows