Legislation

29th March 2017

Eire SI 2017/47

Sea Pollution (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2017. Published 17th February.  These regulations amend The Sea Pollution (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2010 (Eire SI 2010/313) to give effect to Resolution MEPC.251(66) adopted on 4 April 2014 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization.

28th March 2017

Eire SI 2017/44

European Union (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017. Published 10th February. These Regulations amend the European Union (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2012 (Eire SI 2012/513) in order to give effect to the provisions of a number of Commission Delegated Directives

27th March 2017

SI 2017/462

. The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017.

Article 2 brings into force on 30th March 2017 provisions which allow the Water Services Regulation Authority (“Ofwat”) to issue codes in respect of agreements under sections 66D and 117E of the 1991 Act. Article 3 brings into force on 1st April 2017 provisions relating to the new licensing regime for water supply and sewerage services to non-household customers. Articles 4 and 5 bring into force on 1st October 2017 and 1st April 2018 respectively provisions introducing codes from Ofwat about agreements under sections 51A and 104 of the 1991 Act and charging rules from Ofwat about the charges that developers and other customers pay water and sewerage undertakers for new connections and other infrastructure services.