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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 3 of 2012
ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
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
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012
. 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 consolidation
of statute law.
All Acts up to and including
Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018
(42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including
Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order
2019
(S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of
this Revised Act.
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Number
3
of
2012
ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
PART 2
Miscellaneous Amendments to Energy Acts
Chapter 1
Superannuation of transferred staff
3. Amendment of Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942.
4. Superannuation of transferred employees of Bord Gáis Éireann.
Chapter 2
Theft of electricity and gas and deemed contracts
5. Theft of electricity and gas and deemed contracts.
Chapter 3
Electricity and Gas Safety
6. Electrical investigation officer.
7. Regulation of electrical contractors by Commission regulating safety.
8. Amendment of section 9J(1) of Act of 1999.
9. Amendment of sections 9L, 9M and 9N and Part IIA of Act of 1999.
Chapter 4
Energy efficiency
10. Definitions (
Chapter 4
).
11. Requirements on energy suppliers.
12. Voluntary agreements by energy suppliers.
13. Performance of Minister’s functions by other person.
14. Energy Efficiency Fund.
15. Service of notices and directions.
16. Revocation.
Chapter 5
LPG and Natural Gas
17. LPG — amendment of Act of 1999.
18. LPG and natural gas — enforcement.
19. Amendment of Schedule to Act of 1999.
Chapter 6
Dissolution of Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies and Transitional Provisions
20. Dissolution of Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies and Transitional Provisions.
Chapter 7
Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
21. Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007.
Chapter 8
Repeals
22. Repeals.
Acts Referred to
Companies Act 1963
1963, No. 33
Companies Acts
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
Electricity (Supply) Act 1927
1927, No. 27
Electricity Regulation Act 1999
1999, No. 23
Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942
1942, No. 17
Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010
2010, No. 11
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995
1995, No. 35
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
2006, No. 40
Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002
2002, No. 10
Gas Act 1976
1976, No. 30
National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
2007, No. 7
Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2010
2010, No. 4
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ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PENSION ENTITLEMENTS OF EMPLOYEES OF BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN WHO TRANSFER TO GASLINK AND OF EMPLOYEES OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD WHO
TRANSFER TO EIRGRID PLC AND ESB NETWORKS LTD., TO AMEND THE ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) ACT 1995 AND THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION
OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACTS RELATING TO GAS OR ELECTRICITY
AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[25
th February
, 2012]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text)
C1
References to “Bord Gáis Éireann” and “The Irish Gas Board” construed (19.06.2014) by
ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014
(5/2014), s. 8(1),(2), S.I. No. 286 of 2014.
Change of name of Bord Gáis Éireann to Ervia
8.
(1) The name of the body (established by section 7 of the Gas Act 1976 ) the present
name of which is, in the Irish language, Bord Gáis Éireann and, in the English language, The Irish Gas Board, shall, on and from such
day as the Minister appoints by order, be Ervia.
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument, legal proceedings or any other
document to Bord Gáis Éireann or The Irish Gas Board shall, on and from the day appointed under
subsection (1)
, be construed as references to Ervia.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text)
C1
References to “Bord Gáis Éireann” and “The Irish Gas Board” construed (19.06.2014) by
ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014
(5/2014), s. 8(1),(2), S.I. No. 286 of 2014.
Change of name of Bord Gáis Éireann to Ervia
8.
(1) The name of the body (established by section 7 of the Gas Act 1976 ) the present
name of which is, in the Irish language, Bord Gáis Éireann and, in the English language, The Irish Gas Board, shall, on and from such
day as the Minister appoints by order, be Ervia.
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument, legal proceedings or any other
document to Bord Gáis Éireann or The Irish Gas Board shall, on and from the day appointed under
subsection (1)
, be construed as references to Ervia.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
PART 2
Miscellaneous Amendments to Energy Acts
Chapter 1
Superannuation of transferred staff
3. Amendment of Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act 1942.
4. Superannuation of transferred employees of Bord Gáis Éireann.
Chapter 2
Theft of electricity and gas and deemed contracts
5. Theft of electricity and gas and deemed contracts.
Chapter 3
Electricity and Gas Safety
6. Electrical investigation officer.
7. Regulation of electrical contractors by Commission regulating safety.
8. Amendment of section 9J(1) of Act of 1999.
9. Amendment of sections 9L, 9M and 9N and Part IIA of Act of 1999.
Chapter 4
Energy efficiency
10. Definitions (
Chapter 4
).
11. Requirements on energy suppliers.
12. Voluntary agreements by energy suppliers.
13. Performance of Minister’s functions by other person.
14. Energy Efficiency Fund.
15. Service of notices and directions.
16. Revocation.
Chapter 5
LPG and Natural Gas
17. LPG — amendment of Act of 1999.
18. LPG and natural gas — enforcement.
19. Amendment of Schedule to Act of 1999.
Chapter 6
Dissolution of Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies and Transitional Provisions
20. Dissolution of Bord Gáis Éireann Subsidiary Companies and Transitional Provisions.
Chapter 7
Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
21. Amendment of National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007.
Chapter 8
Repeals
22. Repeals.
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of
2012