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Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-27	29 March 2013	Water Services Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 108 of 2013) art. 2
Ss. 28, 29		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Ss. 30-32	29 March 2013	Water Services Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 108 of 2013) art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Water Services Acts	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013), s. 1(2), (3)
Whole Act references construed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 5(1), (2)(a), 6(1)
Whole Act other than s. 4 amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 5(1), (2)(b), 6(1)
S. 2 amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 7
S. 2 references construed	ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (No. 5 of 2014), ss. 8(1), (2), 9(3)
S. 4 amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 8
S. 5(1) substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(a)
S. 5(1A)-(1B) inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(b)
S. 5(2) deleted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(c)
S. 5(3) amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(d)
S. 5(3A)-(3F) inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(e)
S. 5(4) shares issued under cancelled	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 6(2)(a)
S. 5(4)-(6) deleted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(f)
S. 5(6) substituted	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 46(a)
S. 6(1) substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 10(a)
S. 6(2) deleted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 10(b)
S. 6(3) substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 10(c)
S. 6A inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 11
S. 6B inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 11
S. 7(1A)-(1B) inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 12
S. 9(5) repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 12 repealed	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 4(2)
S. 13-14 repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 15(a) substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 13(a)
S. 15(b) deleted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 13(b)
S. 16 substituted	Gas Regulation Act 2013 (No. 39 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 46
S. 16A inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 14
S. 17 repealed with proviso	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1), (5)
S. 17A-17E inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 15
S. 18 repealed with proviso	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1), (5); amendment deleted by 44/2014, s. 9(8)
S. 18 amended	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 46(b)
S. 18AA inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 16
S. 18A inserted	Gas Regulation Act 2013 (No. 39 of 2013), s. 47
S. 18A repealed	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 4(2)
S. 19 substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 17
S. 20 repealed	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 4(2)
S. 20(1), (2) amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 18(a)
S. 20(3)(a), (b) substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 18(b)(i)
S. 20(3)(c) deleted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 18(b)(ii)
S. 21 amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 19
S. 21(2) amended	Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 39
S. 23 amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 20
S. 24(2) repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 25(1) repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 25(3) repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 26(2) repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 26(5)(b) references construed	Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 13(3)
S. 26(5)(h) references construed	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4)
S. 26(5)(i) amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 21
S. 27(2)(b) substituted	Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 46(c)
S. 28 repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 31 repealed	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1)
S. 32(1) substituted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 22(a)
S. 32(3), (4) deleted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 22(b)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 26(5)	Water Services Act 2013 (Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 84 of 2015)
	Water Services Act 2013 (Prescribed Persons) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 269 of 2013)