S.I. No. 510/2019 - Water Services Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2019

1. This Order may be cited as the Water Services Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2019.

2. The 18th day of October 2019 is appointed as the day on which

section 61

of the

Water Services Act 2017

(No. 29 of 2017) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 October, 2019.

EOGHAN MURPHY,

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

)

This Order brings into operation

section 61

of the

Water Services Act 2017

which amends schedule 4 to the Valuation Act 2000 by deleting section 21 (of said schedule) which refers to the entire network used for the provision of water services by Irish Water or a person who holds a water services licence. The effect of the amendment is to make the water services network rateable.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

18

th October,

2019.

I, EOGHAN MURPHY, Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(3) of the

Water Services Act 2017

(No. 29 of 2017), hereby order as follows