S.I. No. 538/2014 - Gas Regulation Act 2013 (Sections 13 to 20) (Commencement) Order 2014.

1. This Order may be cited as the Gas Regulation Act 2013 (Sections 13 to 20) (Commencement) Order 2014.

2. The day appointed as the day on which

sections 13 to 20

and Schedules 1 and 2 of the

Gas Regulation Act 2013

(No. 39 of 2013) come into operation is 28 November 2014.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 November 2014.

ALEX WHITE TD,

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 28th of November 2014 as the day on which

sections 13 to 20

of the

Gas Regulation Act 2013

and Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act, come into operation. The Order facilitates the making of arrangements to enable Gas Networks Ireland to function as the gas transmission system operator.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd December

, 2014.

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

section 1

(2) of the

Gas Regulation Act 2013

(No. 39 of 2013), hereby order as follows