S.I. No. 575/2013 - Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2014.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 (3) of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 1st day of January 2014 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013) shall come into operation:

(a) Part 1, other than subsection (1) (insofar as it relates to the repeal of sections 105 and 106 of the Act of 2007) and subsections (2) and (3) of section 4;

(b) Part 2, other than section 19;

(c) Part 4, other than sections 28, 29, 30, 33 and 35;

(d) Part 6, other than section 44.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,

31 December 2013.

MARIA GRAHAM,

A Person Authorised Under Section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to Authenticate the Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Community 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 certain general provisions of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 ; also miscellaneous amendments to the Water Services Act 2007 and the Water Services Act 2013 .