Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Water Services Act 2013
No. 6 of 2013
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-27 | 29 March 2013 | Water Services Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 108 of 2013) art. 2 |
| Ss. 28, 29 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| Ss. 30-32 | 29 March 2013 | Water Services Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 108 of 2013) art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Water Services Acts | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013), s. 1(2), (3) | 1 January 2014 | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 575 of 2013), art. 2(a) |
| Whole Act references construed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 5(1), (2)(a), 6(1) | 16 December 2022 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 3(b) |
| Whole Act other than s. 4 amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 5(1), (2)(b), 6(1) | 16 December 2022 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 3(b) |
| S. 2 amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 7 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 2 references construed | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (No. 5 of 2014), ss. 8(1), (2), 9(3) | 19 June 2014 | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 286 of 2014), art. 2 |
| S. 4 amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 8 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 5(1) substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(a) | 16 December 2022 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 3(b) |
| S. 5(1A)-(1B) inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(b) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 5(2) deleted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(c) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 5(3) amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(d) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 5(3A)-(3F) inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(e) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 5(4) shares issued under cancelled | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 6(2)(a) | 16 December 2022 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 3(b) |
| S. 5(4)-(6) deleted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 9(f) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 5(6) substituted | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 46(a) | 1 January 2014 | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 575 of 2013), art. 2(d) |
| S. 6(1) substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 10(a) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 6(2) deleted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 10(b) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 6(3) substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 10(c) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 6A inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 11 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 6B inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 11 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 7(1A)-(1B) inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 12 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 9(5) repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 12 repealed | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 4(2) | 3 December 2014 | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Sections 4(2) and 35) Commencement Order 2014 (S.I. No. 548 of 2014), art. 2 |
| S. 13-14 repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 15(a) substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 13(a) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 15(b) deleted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 13(b) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 16 substituted | Gas Regulation Act 2013 (No. 39 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 46 | 23 November 2015 | Gas Regulation Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 520 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 16A inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 14 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 17 repealed with proviso | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1), (5) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 17A-17E inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 15 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 18 repealed with proviso | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1), (5); amendment deleted by 44/2014, s. 9(8) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 18 amended | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 46(b) | 1 January 2014 | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 575 of 2013), art. 2(d) |
| S. 18AA inserted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 16 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 18A inserted | Gas Regulation Act 2013 (No. 39 of 2013), s. 47 | 3 December 2013 | Commenced on enactment as per s. 1(2) |
| S. 18A repealed | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 4(2) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 19 substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 17 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 20 repealed | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 4(2) | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 20(1), (2) amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 18(a) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 20(3)(a), (b) substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 18(b)(i) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 20(3)(c) deleted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 18(b)(ii) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 21 amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 19 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 21(2) amended | Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), ss. 1(3), 631, schedule 7, ref. no. 39 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(3) | |
| S. 23 amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 20 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 24(2) repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 25(1) repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 25(3) repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 26(2) repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 26(5)(b) references construed | Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 13(3) | 7 April 2016 | Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 151 of 2016), art.2(a) |
| S. 26(5)(h) references construed | Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 9, 14(2), (4) | 25 May 2018 | Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 174 of 2018), art. 3 |
| S. 26(5)(i) amended | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 21 | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 27(2)(b) substituted | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 50 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 46(c) | 1 January 2014 | Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 575 of 2013), art. 2(d) |
| S. 28 repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 31 repealed | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 4(1) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 32(1) substituted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 22(a) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
| S. 32(3), (4) deleted | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (39/2022), ss. 1(3), 22(b) | 1 January 2023 | Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 678 of 2022), art. 4(b) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 26(5) | Water Services Act 2013 (Prescribed Persons) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 84 of 2015) |
| Water Services Act 2013 (Prescribed Persons) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 269 of 2013) |