Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the circumstances in which equipment that generates electricity requires a licence from the CER; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Section 16 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 provides that a person shall not construct or reconstruct a generating station unless an authorisation has been granted by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). The conditions under which the CER may grant or refuse to grant a licence to generate electricity are set out in Section 14 (1) of the Act, as amended by Sections 32 and 16 of the European Communities (Internal Market in Electricity) Regulations 2000 and 2005 respectively (SI 445 of 2000 and SI 60 of 2005).