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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 10 of 2002
GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT 2002
REVISED
Updated to 1 June 2024
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an administrative
consolidation of the
Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002
. It is prepared by the
Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the
Law Reform Commission
Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and
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(S.I. No.
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Number
10
of
2002
GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT 2002
REVISED
Updated to 1 June 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Short title, collective citation and construction.
2.
Interpretation.
3.
Appointed day.
4.
Laying of regulations and orders.
5.
Commission for Energy Regulation.
6.
Functions of Commission.
7.
Transfer of functions from Minister to Commission.
8.
Code of conduct.
9.
Declaration of interests.
10.
Disclosure of interests.
11.
Functions of Board Gáis Éireann.
12.
Construction of pipelines.
13.
Code of operations.
14.
Transmission of natural gas by pipeline operators on behalf of other persons.
15.
Directives as to profits and financial objectives of Board Gáis Éireann.
16.
Natural gas licences.
17.
Unbundling of accounts of natural gas undertakings.
18.
Authorised officers.
19.
Gas capacity statement.
19A.
Security of
Supply.
19B.
National
security measures for natural gas.
20.
Provision of information.
21.
Public service obligations.
21A.
Supplier of last
resort.
21B.
Shipper of last
resort.
21C.
Consumer
Protection.
(Repealed)
21D.
Resolution of
Disputes.
(Repealed)
22.
Funding of Commission.
23.
Miscellaneous amendments.
24.
Revocation.
SCHEDULE
Functions under Acts transferred from Minister to
Commission
Acts Referred to
Companies Acts, 1963 to 2001
Continental Shelf Act, 1968
1968,
No. 14
Electricity Regulation Act, 1999
1999,
No. 23
Electricity Regulation Acts, 1999 and
2000
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
1995
1995,
No. 35
Freedom of Information Act, 1997
1997,
No. 13
Gas Act, 1976
1976,
No. 30
Gas Acts, 1976 to 2000
Gas (Amendment) Acts, 1987
1987,
No. 9
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1993
1993,
No. 7
Gas (Amendment) Acts, 2000
2000,
No. 26
Harbours Act, 1946
1946,
No. 9
Harbours Act, 1996
1996,
No. 11
Petroleum and Other Minerals Development
Act, 1960
1960,
No. 7
Number
10
of
2002
GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT 2002
REVISED
Updated to 1 June 2024
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE
GAS SECTOR IN THE STATE BY THE COMMISSION FOR ENERGY REGULATION AND FOR THAT PURPOSE
TO TRANSFER TO IT CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, TO PROVIDE
FOR THE CHANGE OF NAME OF THE COMMISSION FOR ELECTRICITY REGULATION, TO
AMEND AND EXTEND THE GAS ACTS, 1976 TO 2000, THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACTS, 1999
AND 2000,
AND TO GIVE EFFECT TO DIRECTIVE 98/30/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
OF
22 JUNE 1998 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [10
th April
, 2002]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
Annotations
Modifications (not altering
text)
C1
Application of Act
restricted (29.09.2011) by
European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats)
Regulations 2011
(S.I. No. 477 of 2011), reg. 42(22) and sch. 2, in effect
as per reg. 1(3).
Screening for Appropriate
Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of implications for European
Sites
42. ...
(22) Notwithstanding any provision
of any statute listed in the
Second Schedule
that provides for the consent
for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default
on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified
timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any
plan or project to which this Regulation applies.
...
SECOND SCHEDULE
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2002
Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002
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C2
An authorisation,
application etc. issued under Act continued in force (20.07.2004) by
European
Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas) (No. 2) Regulations 2004
(S.I.
No. 452 of 2004), reg. 3.
Saver
3. An authorisation, application,
licence, designation, decision, determination, direction, consent, notice,
notification, order or regulation made, granted or issued under the Gas Act 1976,
the Act of 1999 or the Act of 2002 in force immediately before the making of these
Regulations continues in force after such making as if made, granted or issued
under the Act concerned as amended by these Regulations.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering
text)
C1
Application of Act
restricted (29.09.2011) by
European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats)
Regulations 2011
(S.I. No. 477 of 2011), reg. 42(22) and sch. 2, in effect
as per reg. 1(3).
Screening for Appropriate
Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of implications for European
Sites
42. ...
(22) Notwithstanding any provision
of any statute listed in the
Second Schedule
that provides for the consent
for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default
on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified
timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any
plan or project to which this Regulation applies.
...
SECOND SCHEDULE
...
...
...
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2002
Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002
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...
...
C2
An authorisation,
application etc. issued under Act continued in force (20.07.2004) by
European
Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas) (No. 2) Regulations 2004
(S.I.
No. 452 of 2004), reg. 3.
Saver
3. An authorisation, application,
licence, designation, decision, determination, direction, consent, notice,
notification, order or regulation made, granted or issued under the Gas Act 1976,
the Act of 1999 or the Act of 2002 in force immediately before the making of these
Regulations continues in force after such making as if made, granted or issued
under the Act concerned as amended by these Regulations.