Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act, 2002

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Number 10 of 2002

GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT, 2002

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.
20.	Provision of information.
21.	Public service obligations.
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

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Number 10 of 2002

GAS (INTERIM) (REGULATION) ACT, 2002

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. [10th April, 2002]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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