National Rural Water Services Committee Regulations, 2008

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 510/2008
• Year: 2008

S.I. No. 510 of 2008

NATIONAL RURAL WATER SERVICES COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th December, 2008.

I, JOHN GORMLEY, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 75(5) of the Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30 of 2007) hereby make the following Regulations:—

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Rural Water Services Committee Regulations 2008.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

(a) any reference in a Regulation to a paragraph which is not otherwise identified is a reference to a paragraph of that Regulation;

(b) any reference to “the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government;

(c) any reference to “the Department” means the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government;

(d) any reference to “the Committee” means the National Rural Water Services Committee.

Composition of Committee

3. (1) The Minister may appoint to the Committee—

(a) such officers of the Department, and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs as the Minister considers appropriate, and

(b) such persons as the Minister considers appropriate, nominated as their representatives by—

(i) The National Federation of Group Water Schemes,

(ii) The County and City Managers’ Association,

(iii) The Association of County and City Councils,

(iv) The Irish Farmers’ Association,

(v) The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association,

(vi) The Irish Countrywomens Association,

(vii) Irish Rural Link,

(viii) The Irish Environmental Network, and

(ix) such other organisations as the Minister may decide from time to time.

(2) The Minister may decide what is the appropriate number of persons to appoint to the Committee to represent an organisation.

(3) The Minister shall appoint a person to the Committee to act as chairperson (hereinafter called “the Chairperson”), who may either be from among the persons referred to in paragraph (1) or such other person as the Minister considers appropriate.

(4) The Secretary of the Committee shall be an officer of the Department.

Appointment to Committee

4. (1) The Minister may request an organisation to nominate such numbers of persons as he or she shall specify for the purpose of the Minister selecting from those nominees a person (or persons as the case may be) to appoint to the Committee to represent that organisation.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Minister, at his or her discretion, may specify criteria, including gender, by which persons shall be selected for nomination.

(3) The Minister may decide not to appoint to the Committee a person (or persons) nominated by an organisation, and where an appointment to the Committee to represent that organisation remains outstanding as a result of that decision the Minister shall request the organisation to nominate another person or persons for consideration for selection.

Term of Office

5. Each appointment to the Committee shall be for a period of 3 years, following which the Minister may re-appoint existing members, or appoint such other persons as may be nominated, for subsequent terms of 3 years.

Meetings and Procedures

6. (1) The Committee shall hold such and so many meetings as it may consider necessary for the performance of its functions, and...