S.I. No. 120/2022 - Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme Regulations 2022

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th March, 2022.

I, Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 (No.1 of 2022), and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations -

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme Regulations 2022.

2. In these Regulations, “Act of 2022” means the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 (No. 1 of 2022).

3. 24 March 2022 is the date prescribed for the purposes of section 4(1)(a) of the Act of 2022.

4. 29 March 2022 is the date prescribed for the purposes of section 4(1)(e) of the Act of 2022.

5. The period beginning on 29 March 2022 and ending on 29 April 2022 is the period prescribed for the purposes of section 4(1)(f) of the Act of 2022.

6. The period beginning on 1 April 2022 and ending on 30 June 2022 is the period prescribed for the purposes of section 5(2) of the Act of 2022.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

9 March, 2022.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Environment, Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

9 March, 2022.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications.