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ReorganisationU.K.

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2 Establishment, constitution and functions of Central Electricity Generating Board.U.K.

(1)[F2There shall be established a Board, to be called the Central Electricity Generating Board (in this Act referred to as “the Generating Board”)] . . . F2

(2)—(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Textual Amendments

F2Act repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c.29, SIF 44:1), s.112(3)(4), Sch.17 para. 35(1), Sch. 18 (with saving for ss.10 and 11 in s.112(3), Sch.17 para. 30(2)(3)) (the repeal (except for the text remaining) being in force by S.I. 1990/117, art.3(b);the repeal of the excepted provisions remains prosp.)

3 Establishment, constitution and functions of Electricity Council.U.K.

(1)[F3There shall be established a Council, to be called the Electricity Council] . . . F3

(2)—(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3[F3subsections (1)]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3[F3(7) and (8) of section three of that Act (which relate respectively to the incorporation of Electricity Boards, to the remuneration, allowances and pensions of members of Electricity Boards, to the power of the Minister to make regulations with respect to Electricity Boards, and to the regulation of their procedure subject to any such regulations) shall apply in relation to the Electricity Council as they apply in relation to any of the Electricity Boards in England and Wales.]

[F3(7)The power to make regulations under subsection (7) of section three of the principal Act, as applied in relation to the Electricity Council by the last preceding subsection, shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and any instrument containing any such regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F3Act repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c.29, SIF 44:1), s.112(3)(4), Sch.17 para. 35(1), Sch. 18 (with saving for ss.10 and 11 in s.112(3), Sch.17 para. 30(2)(3)) (the repeal (except for the text remaining) being in force by S.I. 1990/117, art.3(b);the repeal of the excepted provisions remains prosp.)

4—39.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4U.K.

40 Interpretation.U.K.

(1)[F5In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—]

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  • [the Generating Board”has the meaning assigned to it by section two of this Act;]

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  • [F5the principal Act” means the M1Electricity Act 1947;]

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  • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

[F5and, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, other expressions used in this Act and in the principal Act have the same meanings in this Act as in that Act.]

F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5Act repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c.29, SIF 44:1), s.112(3)(4), Sch.17 para. 35(1), Sch. 18 (with saving for ss.10 and 11 in s.112(3), Sch.17 para. 30(2)(3)) (the repeal (except for the text remaining) being in force by S.I. 1990/117, art.3(b);the repeal of the excepted provisions remains prosp.)

Marginal Citations

41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6U.K.

[F742 Amendment and adaptation of enactments, and repeals.U.K.

(1)Without prejudice to the amendments and adaptations of enactments having effect by virtue of the preceding provisions of this Act, the enactments specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act, and all other enactments (including local enactments) to which any general provisions of Part II of that Schedule apply, shall have effect subject to the amendments and adaptations specified in that Schedule, being—

(a)amendments and adaptations for transferring functions of the Central Authority to the Electricity Council, the Generating Board or the Minister, or for applying to the Electricity Council, the Generating Board or the Minister provisions which apply to the Central Authority;

(b)amendments and adaptations consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act or on the amendments and adaptations referred to in the preceding paragraph;

(c)other amendments of a minor character.

(2)In so far as any reference in a local enactment to any authorised undertakers, or to any matter relating to any authorised undertakers,—

(a)has effect as adapted or modified by virtue of subsection (3) of section fifty-seven of the principal Act, and

(b)as so adapted or modified, has effect as a reference to the Central Authority, or to any matter relating to the Central Authority,

that reference shall have effect as a reference to the Generating Board, or to the corresponding matter relating to the Generating Board, as the case may be; and so much of the said subsection (3) as confers power to prescribe other adaptations and modifications of local enactments shall apply in relation to the provisions of this Act (including the preceding provisions of this subsection) as it applies in relation to the provisions mentioned in that subsection.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8]

Textual Amendments

F7Act repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17 para. 35(1), Sch. 18 (the repeal being partly in force by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) but in so far as s. 42 relates to the amendments of the Electricity Act 1947 in Sch. 4 Pt. I (ss. 1(3), 3 and the insertion of the definition of “the Generating Board”) the repeal remainsprosp.)

43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9U.K.

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