(LRC Revised)

Number 48 of 2022

WATER ENVIRONMENT (ABSTRACTIONS AND ASSOCIATED IMPOUNDMENTS) ACT 2022

REVISED

Updated to 31 December 2025

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

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act

2022

. 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 the

National Training Fund (Amendment) Act 2025

(21/2025), enacted 23 December 2025, and all statutory instruments up to and

including the

European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Iraq) Regulations 2026

(S.I. No. 1 of 2026), made 6 January 2026, were considered in the preparation of

this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

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Number

48

of

2022

WATER ENVIRONMENT (ABSTRACTIONS

AND ASSOCIATED IMPOUNDMENTS) ACT 2022

REVISED

Updated to

31 December 2025

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and general

Section

1. Citation and

commencement

2. Interpretation

3. Application of Act and

supplemental provisions relating to abstractions and associated

impoundments

4. Regulations and orders

5. Expenses of Minister

6. Giving of notices

7. Repeals and

revocations

PART 2

Regulations for certain abstractions

8. Regulations for certain

abstractions

PART 3

Exemptions

9. Exemption for certain

abstractions

PART 4

Register of abstractions

10. Requirement for Agency to keep

register

11. Submission of information to

Agency

12. Provision of information to

Agency

13. Evidential value of entries in

register

PART 5

Licensing of abstractions

Chapter 1

Abstractions requiring licence

14. Interpretation (Part

5)

15. Requirement for a licence to

abstract

16. Registration and licensing

thresholds

17. Agency opinion that licence

required

18. Identification of significant

abstractions

19. Assessment of certain

abstractions

20. Grant of licences

Chapter 2

Licence application and EIA

21. Application for licence for

abstraction

22. Coordination of EIA

23. EIAR for an

abstraction

24. Screening

determination

25. Coordination of EIA with

planning authority or Board

26. Submission of information for

purposes of Chapter 2

27. Grant or refusal of licence

application under section 21

28. Decision where application was

subject to EIA

Chapter 3

Licence application requiring retrospective EIA or screening for retrospective EIA

29. Application for licence

requiring retrospective EIA or screening for retrospective EIA

30. Exceptionality test

31. Retrospective EIAR

32. Retrospective screening

determination

33. Consultation with planning

authority

34. Submission of information for

purposes of Chapter 3

35. Grant or refusal of licence

application under section 29

36. Decision where application was

subject to a retrospective EIA

Chapter 4

Combined application for a licence and EIA

37. Combined application for

licence

38. Coordination of EIA for

combined application for licence

39. Exceptionality test for

combined application for licence

40. Retrospective EIAR and

EIAR

41. Screening determinations for

combined application for licence

42. Coordination of EIA with

planning authority or Board for combined application for licence

43. Submission of information for

purposes of Chapter 4

44. Grant or refusal of licence

application under section 37

45. Decision where application was

subject to EIA or retrospective EIA

Chapter 5

Obligations, joint licences, surrenders, transfers, reviews, revocations or suspensions

46. General provisions relating to

licensee

47. Application for joint

licence

48. Owner of impoundment not

identified

49. Surrender of

licence

50. Transfer of licence

51. Review of conditions attached

to licence on application by licensee

52. Review by Agency of conditions

attached to licence

53. Revocation or suspension of

licence

54. Termination of

suspension

55. Appeal to High Court against

certain decisions of Agency

Chapter 6

Miscellaneous provisions relating to licences

56. Judicial review

57. Regulations relating to

licences

58. Agency guidelines

59. Clerical or technical

amendment of licence

PART 6

Abstraction by Irish Water

Chapter 1

Public abstraction by Irish Water

60. Definitions and provision

relating to notices

61. Power to carry out public

abstraction

62. Notice of proposal to carry

out public abstraction

63. Provision supplemental to

section 62

64. Objection to proposal to carry

out public abstraction

65. No objection or objection

withdrawn

66. Consideration of objection by

Board

67. Decision by Board in respect

of objection

68. Provision supplemental to

section 67

69. Claim for

compensation

70. Determination of claim for

compensation

71. Recovery of

compensation

72. Double compensation

73. Regulations relating to public

abstraction

Chapter 2

Temporary Abstraction by Irish Water

74. Temporary

abstraction

75. Notice of proposal to carry

out a temporary abstraction

76. Temporary nature of

abstraction

77. Requirement for licence for

temporary abstraction

78. Emergency

abstraction

79. Notice of emergency

abstraction

80. Application for

exemption

81. Appeal to District Court

against notice of temporary abstraction

82. Claim for compensation for

temporary or emergency abstraction

Chapter 3

Abstraction by Irish Water from reservoirs of Electricity Supply Board

83. Abstraction by Irish Water

from reservoirs of Electricity Supply Board

PART 7

Waterways Ireland

84. Abstraction from navigable

waters

85. Abstraction from

canals

86. Operation and maintenance of

navigable water by Waterways Ireland

PART 8

Electricity Supply Board

87. Operation and safety of

hydro-electric schemes

PART 9

Enforcement

88. Definitions (Part

9)

89. Regulations for purpose of

environmental inspections

90. Functions of local authorities

under this Part

91. Authorised person appointed by

local authority

92. Functions of Agency under this

Part

93. Authorised person appointed by

Agency

94. Power of authorised person to

enter premises

95. Powers of authorised

person

96. Warrant required to enter

certain premises

97. Local authority may give

compliance notice

98. Agency may give compliance

notice

99. Supplemental provisions

relating to compliance notices

100. Appeal against or

application to suspend compliance notice

101. Application to

Court

102. False or misleading

information

103. Obstruction

104. Offences and

penalties

105. Offence by body

corporate

106. Continuing

offence

107. Evidentiary

presumptions

108. Prosecution by local

authority

109. Prosecution by

Agency

PART 10

Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

110. Minister may give general

policy directives to Agency

111. Transitional arrangements

consequent upon repeal of Act of 1942

112. Transitional provisions

consequent upon repeal of Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964

113. Transitional arrangements

consequent upon revocation of Regulations of 2018

PART 11

Amendment of other acts

114. Amendment of Canals Act

1986

115. Amendment of Act of

1990

116. Amendment of Act of

2000

SCHEDULE

Acts Referred to

Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919

(9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57)

Canals Act 1986

(No. 3)

Companies Act 2014

(No. 38)

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1934

(No. 38)

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1931

(No. 32)

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1934

(No. 6)

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1945

(No. 12)

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1961

(No. 2)

Electricity (Supply) Act 1927

(No. 27)

Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992

(No. 7)

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

(8 & 9 Vict.) c. 18

Liffey Reservoir Act 1936

(No. 54)

Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964

(No. 29)

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977

(No. 1)

Local Government Act 2001

(No. 37)

Planning and Development Act 2000

(No. 30)

Shannon Electricity Act 1925

(No. 26)

Shannon Fisheries Act 1935

(No. 4)

Shannon Fisheries Act 1938

(No. 7)

Shannon Navigation Act 1990

(No. 20)

Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013

(No. 50)

Water Services Act 2007

(No. 30)

Water Supplies Act 1942

(No. 1)

Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000

(No. 38)

Wildlife Act 1976

(No. 39)

Number

48

of

2022

WATER ENVIRONMENT (ABSTRACTIONS

AND ASSOCIATED IMPOUNDMENTS) ACT 2022

REVISED

Updated to

31 December 2025

An Act to provide for the regulation of water abstractions and their associated impoundments;

to give further effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 23 October 2000

1

establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy; to provide

for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to regulate water abstractions

not requiring a licence; to provide for the Minister to make regulations to exempt

certain categories of water abstraction from certain requirements of the Act; to provide

for the establishment of a register of water abstractions; to provide for licensing

of water abstractions; to provide for the Minister to specify by order the daily rate

of an abstraction that requires registration and licensing; to provide for the conferral

of licensing and certain enforcement functions on the Environmental Protection Agency;

to give further effect to Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and

of the Council of 13 December 2011

2

on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment

amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16

April 2014

3

; to provide for Irish Water to carry out abstractions for the purpose of the performance

of its functions; to provide for certain temporary and emergency abstractions required

to be carried out by Irish Water and for those abstractions to be exempt from certain

requirements of the Act; to provide for compensation for certain abstractions carried

out by Irish Water; to provide for abstractions by Irish Water from reservoirs of

the Electricity Supply Board; to provide for particular arrangements relating to abstractions

from canals or navigable waters; to confer certain enforcement functions on local

authorities; to repeal the

Water Supplies Act 1942

and certain provisions of the

Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964

and the

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977

and to revoke the European Union (Water Policy) (Abstractions Registration) Regulations

2018 (

S.I. No. 261 of 2018

); to amend the

Canals Act 1986

, the

Shannon Navigation Act 1990

and the

Planning and Development Act 2000

; and to provide for related matters.

[20

th December,

2022]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows

Annotations

Modifications (not altering

text)

C1

Functions transferred and

references to "Cathaoirleach" or "Cathaoirligh", "Leas-Chathaoirleach", "chief

executive" and "deputy chief executive" construed (16.05.2024) by

Local

Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024

(7/2024), ss. 10, 23, 25, 26, 28 and sch. 1 parts 1, 2, S.I. No. 207 of 2024.

Functions of Mayor

10.

(1) All functions

(other than functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of

Schedule 1) that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach

of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the

Mayor.

(2) All functions (other than

functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1)

that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the chief executive of

Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Mayor.

(3) From the vesting day, a

reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 1 of

Schedule 1) to Cathaoirleach shall, in so far as the reference applies to the

Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to

the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.

(4) From the vesting day, a

reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 2 of

Schedule 1) to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the

chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference

to the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.

(5) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

Functions of Príomh

Chomhairleoir

23.

(1) All functions

conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 that,

immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City

and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Príomh

Chomhairleoir.

(2) From the vesting day, a

reference in an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to Cathaoirleach or

Cathaoirligh shall, in so far as that reference applies to the Cathaoirleach of

Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Príomh

Chomhairleoir, or as including a reference to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, as the

context may require.

(3) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

Functions of Leas-Phríomh

Chomhairleoir

25.

(1) All functions

conferred by or under any enactment that, immediately before the vesting day,

vested in the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on

and after that day, vest in the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir.

(2) From the vesting day, a

reference in any enactment to Leas-Chathaoirleach shall, in so far as that

reference applies to the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council,

be construed as a reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, or as including a

reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, as the context may require.

(3) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

Director general

26.

(1) The chief executive

of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after the vesting day, be known

as the director general of Limerick City and County Council and is in this Act

referred to as the “director general”.

(2) The person who, immediately

before the vesting day, was the chief executive of Limerick City and County

Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in

accordance with subsection (1).

(3) On and after the vesting day,

a reference in an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to chief executive

shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City

and County Council, be construed as a reference to the director general, or as

including a reference to the director general, as the context may require.

(4) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

Deputy director general

28.

(1) On and after the

vesting day, a deputy chief executive appointed by the director general under

section 148 of the Principal Act shall be known as the deputy director general of

Limerick City and County Council and is, in this Act, referred to as the “deputy

director general”.

(2) The person who, immediately

before the vesting day, was the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County

Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in

accordance with subsection (1).

(3) On and after the vesting day,

a reference in any enactment to deputy chief executive shall, in so far as the

reference applies to the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County

Council, be construed as a reference to the deputy director general, or as

including a reference to the deputy director general, as the context may

require.

(4) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1

Enactments for Purposes of

Sections 10 and 23

Number and

Year

(1)

Provision

(2)

Extent of

Modification

(3)

No. 37 of 2001

Local Government Act 2001

Sections 11(5)(b), 11(8), 31(4)(a), 31(5), 31(7), 31(9), 31(11), 33,

34(2)(e), 36, 37, 38, 104(7)(a), 133(6)(a), 134(4)(b), 140(8), 141(1)(b),

141(4), 142(2)(a), 142(5)(f), 143(1), 147, 148, 158(3), 174(8),

178(2)(b), 178(5), 180(3)(a), 189(9), 190(9), 216(2)(a), 219(1) and

220(1); paragraphs 3(4), 4(2), 4(3), 6(1), 6(2), 6(3), 7(9), 10,

13(5)(e), 13(6) and 16(4)(c) of Schedule 10; paragraph 3 of Schedule

14.

PART 2

Enactments for Purposes of

Sections 10 and 26

Number and

Year

(1)

Short Title

(2)

Provision

(3)

...

...

...

No. 48 of 2022

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated

Impoundments) Act 2022

Sections 90, 91, 97, 101 and 108.

...

...

...

Annotations

Modifications (not altering

text)

C1

Functions transferred and

references to "Cathaoirleach" or "Cathaoirligh", "Leas-Chathaoirleach", "chief

executive" and "deputy chief executive" construed (16.05.2024) by

Local

Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024

(7/2024), ss. 10, 23, 25, 26, 28 and sch. 1 parts 1, 2, S.I. No. 207 of 2024.

Functions of Mayor

10.

(1) All functions

(other than functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of

Schedule 1) that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach

of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the

Mayor.

(2) All functions (other than

functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1)

that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the chief executive of

Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Mayor.

(3) From the vesting day, a

reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 1 of

Schedule 1) to Cathaoirleach shall, in so far as the reference applies to the

Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to

the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.

(4) From the vesting day, a

reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 2 of

Schedule 1) to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the

chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference

to the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.

(5) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

Functions of Príomh

Chomhairleoir

23.

(1) All functions

conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 that,

immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City

and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Príomh

Chomhairleoir.

(2) From the vesting day, a

reference in an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to Cathaoirleach or

Cathaoirligh shall, in so far as that reference applies to the Cathaoirleach of

Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Príomh

Chomhairleoir, or as including a reference to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, as the

context may require.

(3) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

Functions of Leas-Phríomh

Chomhairleoir

25.

(1) All functions

conferred by or under any enactment that, immediately before the vesting day,

vested in the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on

and after that day, vest in the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir.

(2) From the vesting day, a

reference in any enactment to Leas-Chathaoirleach shall, in so far as that

reference applies to the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council,

be construed as a reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, or as including a

reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, as the context may require.

(3) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

Director general

26.

(1) The chief executive

of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after the vesting day, be known

as the director general of Limerick City and County Council and is in this Act

referred to as the “director general”.

(2) The person who, immediately

before the vesting day, was the chief executive of Limerick City and County

Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in

accordance with subsection (1).

(3) On and after the vesting day,

a reference in an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to chief executive

shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City

and County Council, be construed as a reference to the director general, or as

including a reference to the director general, as the context may require.

(4) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

Deputy director general

28.

(1) On and after the

vesting day, a deputy chief executive appointed by the director general under

section 148 of the Principal Act shall be known as the deputy director general of

Limerick City and County Council and is, in this Act, referred to as the “deputy

director general”.

(2) The person who, immediately

before the vesting day, was the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County

Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in

accordance with subsection (1).

(3) On and after the vesting day,

a reference in any enactment to deputy chief executive shall, in so far as the

reference applies to the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County

Council, be construed as a reference to the deputy director general, or as

including a reference to the deputy director general, as the context may

require.

(4) This section shall apply

subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.

...

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1

Enactments for Purposes of

Sections 10 and 23

Number and

Year

(1)

Provision

(2)

Extent of

Modification

(3)

No. 37 of 2001

Local Government Act 2001

Sections 11(5)(b), 11(8), 31(4)(a), 31(5), 31(7), 31(9), 31(11), 33,

34(2)(e), 36, 37, 38, 104(7)(a), 133(6)(a), 134(4)(b), 140(8), 141(1)(b),

141(4), 142(2)(a), 142(5)(f), 143(1), 147, 148, 158(3), 174(8),

178(2)(b), 178(5), 180(3)(a), 189(9), 190(9), 216(2)(a), 219(1) and

220(1); paragraphs 3(4), 4(2), 4(3), 6(1), 6(2), 6(3), 7(9), 10,

13(5)(e), 13(6) and 16(4)(c) of Schedule 10; paragraph 3 of Schedule

14.

PART 2

Enactments for Purposes of

Sections 10 and 26

Number and

Year

(1)

Short Title

(2)

Provision

(3)

...

...

...

No. 48 of 2022

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated

Impoundments) Act 2022

Sections 90, 91, 97, 101 and 108.

...

...

...

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and general

Section

1. Citation and

commencement

2. Interpretation

3. Application of Act and

supplemental provisions relating to abstractions and associated

impoundments

4. Regulations and orders

5. Expenses of Minister

6. Giving of notices

7. Repeals and

revocations

PART 2

Regulations for certain abstractions

8. Regulations for certain

abstractions

PART 3

Exemptions

9. Exemption for certain

abstractions

PART 4

Register of abstractions

10. Requirement for Agency to keep

register

11. Submission of information to

Agency

12. Provision of information to

Agency

13. Evidential value of entries in

register

PART 5

Licensing of abstractions

Chapter 1

Abstractions requiring licence

14. Interpretation (Part

5)

15. Requirement for a licence to

abstract

16. Registration and licensing

thresholds

17. Agency opinion that licence

required

18. Identification of significant

abstractions

19. Assessment of certain

abstractions

20. Grant of licences

Chapter 2

Licence application and EIA

21. Application for licence for

abstraction

22. Coordination of EIA

23. EIAR for an

abstraction

24. Screening

determination

25. Coordination of EIA with

planning authority or Board

26. Submission of information for

purposes of Chapter 2

27. Grant or refusal of licence

application under section 21

28. Decision where application was

subject to EIA

Chapter 3

Licence application requiring retrospective EIA or screening for retrospective EIA

29. Application for licence

requiring retrospective EIA or screening for retrospective EIA

30. Exceptionality test

31. Retrospective EIAR

32. Retrospective screening

determination

33. Consultation with planning

authority

34. Submission of information for

purposes of Chapter 3

35. Grant or refusal of licence

application under section 29

36. Decision where application was

subject to a retrospective EIA

Chapter 4

Combined application for a licence and EIA

37. Combined application for

licence

38. Coordination of EIA for

combined application for licence

39. Exceptionality test for

combined application for licence

40. Retrospective EIAR and

EIAR

41. Screening determinations for

combined application for licence

42. Coordination of EIA with

planning authority or Board for combined application for licence

43. Submission of information for

purposes of Chapter 4

44. Grant or refusal of licence

application under section 37

45. Decision where application was

subject to EIA or retrospective EIA

Chapter 5

Obligations, joint licences, surrenders, transfers, reviews, revocations or suspensions

46. General provisions relating to

licensee

47. Application for joint

licence

48. Owner of impoundment not

identified

49. Surrender of

licence

50. Transfer of licence

51. Review of conditions attached

to licence on application by licensee

52. Review by Agency of conditions

attached to licence

53. Revocation or suspension of

licence

54. Termination of

suspension

55. Appeal to High Court against

certain decisions of Agency

Chapter 6

Miscellaneous provisions relating to licences

56. Judicial review

57. Regulations relating to

licences

58. Agency guidelines

59. Clerical or technical

amendment of licence

PART 6

Abstraction by Irish Water

Chapter 1

Public abstraction by Irish Water

60. Definitions and provision

relating to notices

61. Power to carry out public

abstraction

62. Notice of proposal to carry

out public abstraction

63. Provision supplemental to

section 62

64. Objection to proposal to carry

out public abstraction

65. No objection or objection

withdrawn

66. Consideration of objection by

Board

67. Decision by Board in respect

of objection

68. Provision supplemental to

section 67

69. Claim for

compensation

70. Determination of claim for

compensation

71. Recovery of

compensation

72. Double compensation

73. Regulations relating to public

abstraction

Chapter 2

Temporary Abstraction by Irish Water

74. Temporary

abstraction

75. Notice of proposal to carry

out a temporary abstraction

76. Temporary nature of

abstraction

77. Requirement for licence for

temporary abstraction

78. Emergency

abstraction

79. Notice of emergency

abstraction

80. Application for

exemption

81. Appeal to District Court

against notice of temporary abstraction

82. Claim for compensation for

temporary or emergency abstraction

Chapter 3

Abstraction by Irish Water from reservoirs of Electricity Supply Board

83. Abstraction by Irish Water

from reservoirs of Electricity Supply Board

PART 7

Waterways Ireland

84. Abstraction from navigable

waters

85. Abstraction from

canals

86. Operation and maintenance of

navigable water by Waterways Ireland

PART 8

Electricity Supply Board

87. Operation and safety of

hydro-electric schemes

PART 9

Enforcement

88. Definitions (Part

9)

89. Regulations for purpose of

environmental inspections

90. Functions of local authorities

under this Part

91. Authorised person appointed by

local authority

92. Functions of Agency under this

Part

93. Authorised person appointed by

Agency

94. Power of authorised person to

enter premises

95. Powers of authorised

person

96. Warrant required to enter

certain premises

97. Local authority may give

compliance notice

98. Agency may give compliance

notice

99. Supplemental provisions

relating to compliance notices

100. Appeal against or

application to suspend compliance notice

101. Application to

Court

102. False or misleading

information

103. Obstruction

104. Offences and

penalties

105. Offence by body

corporate

106. Continuing

offence

107. Evidentiary

presumptions

108. Prosecution by local

authority

109. Prosecution by

Agency

PART 10

Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

110. Minister may give general

policy directives to Agency

111. Transitional arrangements

consequent upon repeal of Act of 1942

112. Transitional provisions

consequent upon repeal of Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964

113. Transitional arrangements

consequent upon revocation of Regulations of 2018

PART 11

Amendment of other acts

114. Amendment of Canals Act

1986

115. Amendment of Act of

1990

116. Amendment of Act of

2000

SCHEDULE