Water Services Act 2014 (Public Water Forum) Regulations 2015

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2015
• Citation: IR SI 234/2015

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th June, 2015.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 (4) of the Water Services Act 2014 (No. 44 of 2014) hereby make the following Regulations:—

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Services Act 2014 (Public Water Forum) Regulations 2015.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

(a) “the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government;

(b) “the Forum” means the Public Water Forum;

(c) “the Commission” means the Commission for Energy Regulation.

(d) “the Act” means the Water Services Act 2014 (No. 44 of 2014).

Composition of Forum

3. (1) The Commission shall appoint the following to the Forum—

(a) at least one person from an organisation representing the interests of the consumer;

(b) at least one person from an organisation representing the interests of those persons providing or occupying social housing;

(c) at least one person from an organisation representing the interests of those persons owning or occupying private rented housing;

(d) at least one person from an organisation representing the interests of the member organisations of the Community and Voluntary Pillar;

(e) at least one person from an organisation representing those with a disability;

(f) at least one person from an organisation representing the interests of the environment;

(g) At least one person representing the interests of industry;

(h) At least one person representing the interests of agriculture and rural affairs;

(i) At least one person representing the interests of tourism and recreation; and

(j) At least one person representing the interests of the education sector.

(2) For the purposes of Regulation 3(1), the Commission may request an organisation to nominate such numbers of persons as it shall specify for the purpose of selecting from those nominees a person (or persons as the case may be) to appoint to the Forum to represent that organisation. The Commission may decide not to appoint to the Forum a person (or persons) nominated by an organisation. The Commission shall give a reason for this decision and where an appointment to the Forum to represent that organisation remains outstanding as a result of that decision the Commission shall request the organisation to nominate another person or persons for consideration for selection. There shall be a limit of 2 representatives from any one organisation.

(3) The Commission shall also invite applications from registered domestic customers of Irish Water to become members of the Forum.

(4) The Commission shall select from the applications received in respect of Regulation 3(3) on the basis of the Forum being representative of Irish society generally, balanced in terms of gender, age and region and reflective of the urban and rural population and on the basis that the total number of persons representing domestic customers is equivalent to the numbers representing organisations as set out in Regulation 3(1).

(5) In respect of Regulation 3(3), the Commission may appoint registered customers to a reserve panel for the purpose of ensuring that there is...