Written answers
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Law Reform Commission
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of pieces of legislation enacted and published by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the details of each piece of legislation in the corresponding year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15343/18]
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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There were five Acts relevant to this Department that the Law Reform Commission reviewed and subsequently published revised versions on their website. Details of those Acts are outlined in the following table.
These revised acts by the Law Reform Commission are an administrative consolidation of the Acts.
The Law Reform Commission (LRC) is an independent body established under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975. It is a function of the LRC under that Act to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law. It is a matter for the LRC as to which Acts it undertakes to revise. The LRC have revised circa 300 Acts across Departments to date. All revised Acts including the five Acts referred to are all available on the LRC website at the following link -
| The number of pieces of legislation both enacted and published by DCCAE which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission from 2008 to date | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title of legislation | Description of legislation | Year (2008 to date) |
| National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE SHARE HELD BY THE IRISH NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED IN THE NATIONAL OIL RESERVES AGENCY LIMITED TO THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS, MARINE AND NATURAL RESOURCES; TO CONTINUE IN EXISTENCE THE NATIONAL OIL RESERVES AGENCY LIMITED AS AN GHNÍOMHAIREACHT CHÚLTACA OLA NÁISIÚNTA OR THE NATIONAL OIL RESERVES AGENCY; TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO OIL STOCKHOLDING OBLIGATIONS; TO IMPOSE A LEVY ON RELEVANT DISPOSALS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; TO AMEND THE IRISH NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED ACT 2001; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. | Enacted 13 March 2007 Revised by LRC up to 1st January 2017 |
| Electricity Regulation Act 1999 | AN ACT TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN TO DIRECTIVE NO. 96/92/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 19 DECEMBER 1996, TO ESTABLISH A BODY KNOWN AS AN COIMISIÚN UM RIALÁIL LEICTREACHAIS OR IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE COMMISSION FOR ELECTRICITY REGULATION, TO GIVE POWER TO THAT COMMISSION TO GRANT LICENCES TO GENERATE AND SUPPLY ELECTRICITY AND TO GRANT AUTHORISATIONS TO CONSTRUCT GENERATING STATIONS, TO PROVIDE FOR ACCESS TO THE TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BY HOLDERS OF LICENCES, HOLDERS OF AUTHORISATIONS OR BY ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS, TO AMEND AND REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) ACT, 1927 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. | Enacted 11 July 1999 Revised by LRC up to 3rd January 2018 |
| Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO ELECTRICITY AND THE REGULATION OF THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY AND THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF CAPITAL STOCK IN BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN, TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE TURF DEVELOPMENT ACT 1998, TO MAKE PROVISION AS RESPECTS THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 MADE BY THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (STRATEGIC INFRASTRUC-TURE) ACT 2006, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF LANDS AFFECTED BY MINES AND FORMER MINES BY THE REHABILITATION OF SUCH LANDS AND FOR THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH REHABILITATION AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS | Enacted 24th Dec 2006 Revised by LRC up to 26 July 2017 |
| Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 | AN ACT TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE USE OF BIOFUEL IN THE STATE AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCREASED SUPPLY OF BIOFUEL IN THE STATE BY MEANS OF A BIOFUEL OBLIGATION REQUIRING THAT A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF ROAD TRANSPORT FUEL IS BIOFUEL; TO IMPOSE A LEVY ON RELEVANT DISPOSALS OF BIOFUEL; TO CONFER ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS ON THE NATIONAL OIL RESERVES AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE BIOFUEL OBLIGATION; TO GIVE EFFECT TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE 2009/28/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 23 APRIL 2009 ON THE PROMOTION OF THE USE OF ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES AND AMENDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALING DIRECTIVES 2001/77/EC AND 2003/30/EC; FOR THOSE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ; TO AMEND THE , THE , THE AND THE AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. | Enacted 9th June 2010 Revised by LRC up to 30th June 2016 |
| Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PENSION ENTITLEMENTS OF EMPLOYEES OF BORD GÁIS ÉIREANN WHO TRANSFER TO GASLINK AND OF EMPLOYEES OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD WHO TRANSFER TO EIRGRID PLC AND ESB NETWORKS LTD., TO AMEND THE ENERGY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1995 AND THE ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACTS RELATING TO GAS OR ELECTRICITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. | Enacted 25th Feb 2012 Revised by LRC up to 4th Feb 2015 |
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