Jurisdiction: Republic of Ireland
Commencement: 4th October 2022
Amends: Water Services Acts 2007 to 2017
This Water Services Act applies to anyone who is providing water services, discharging to a drain, service connection or wastewater works or in receipt of a water supply. It introduces a licensing system to regulate the operations of group water services schemes, strengthen administrative arrangements for planning the delivery of water services at national and local level, and places a duty of care on users of water services.
Various duties apply.
Ownership of the properties listed in the Schedule to this Regulation is transferred to Irish Water from 31st October 2022.
There are no changes to duties for organisations.
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