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Contents

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

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-10	28 December 2014	Commenced on enactment
S. 11	1 January 2018	Water Services Act 2014 (Section 11) (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 611 of 2017), art. 2
Ss. 12-16	28 December 2014	Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Water Services Acts	s. 16(2)
Act, s. 12 included in collectively cited Valuation Acts	Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 (10/2015), s. 46(2)
S. 3(1) amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2016 (7/2016), s. 2(a)(i)
S. 3(1A) inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2016 (7/2016), s. 2(a)(ii)
S. 3(1A)(a) period extended	Water Services Act 2014 (Extension of Suspension of Domestic Water Charges) Order 2017. (S.I. No. 118 of 2017), art. 2
S. 3(3)-(15) deleted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 5(1)(b)(i)
S. 3(14) registration day appointed	Water Services Act 2014 (Irish Water Customer Registration) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 34 of 2015), art. 2
S. 3(16)(a) deleted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 5(1)(b)(i)
S. 3(18) amended	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2016 (7/2016), s. 2(a)(iii)
S. 3A inserted	Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 29 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 48
S. 3A deleted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 5(1)(b)(ii)
S. 3B inserted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 21
S. 3C inserted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 22
S. 4 deleted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 5(1)(b)(iii)
S. 4(5) inserted	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2016 (7/2016), s. 2(b)
S. 5(3) amended	Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 29 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 49(a)
S. 5(3A) inserted	Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 29 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 49(b)
S. 5(3A) references construed	Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (47/2019), ss. 1(3), 68
S. 5(5)(a) amount prescribed	Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 275 of 2015), reg. 4
S. 5(5)(b) eligibility criteria prescribed	Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 275 of 2015), reg. 5
S. 5(5)(c) procedure prescribed	Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 275 of 2015), reg. 6
S. 5(5)(d) information prescribed	Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 275 of 2015), reg. 7
S. 5A inserted	Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 29 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 50
S. 7 deleted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 5(1)(b)(iv)
S. 8A inserted	Water Services Act 2017 (29/2017), ss. 1(3), 23
S. 9 functions vested in Ervia transferred and references construed	11/2024, ss. 1(2), 11
S. 9(4) superannuation scheme prescribed	Irish Water (Previous Service) Superannuation Scheme 2016 (S.I. No. 57 of 2016), paras. 2, 4- 10, schedules 1-3
S. 13 functions vested in Ervia transferred and references construed	11/2024, ss. 1(2), 11

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 3(1A(b)	Water Services Act 2014 (Extension of Suspension of Domestic Water Charges) Order 2017. (S.I. No. 118 of 2017)
S. 3(1A)(c)	Water Services Act 2014 (Extension of Suspension of Domestic Water Charges) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 330 of 2017)
	Water Services Act 2014 (Extension of Suspension of Domestic Water Charges) Order 2017. (S.I. No. 118 of 2017)
S. 3(14)	Water Services Act 2014 (Irish Water Customer Registration) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 34 of 2015)
S. 5	Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 434 of 2015)
	Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 275 of 2015)
S. 7(4)	Water Services Act 2014 (Public Water Forum) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 405 of 2015)
	Water Services Act 2014 (Public Water Forum) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 234 of 2015)
S. 9(4)	Irish Water (Previous Service) Superannuation Scheme 2016 (S.I. No. 57 of 2016)