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Introductory Text
Reorganisation
1.Dissolution of Central Electricity Authority
2.Establishment, constitution and functions of Central Electricity Generating Board
3.Establishment, constitution and functions of Electricity Council
4.Whole-time members of Generating Board, Electricity Council and Area Boards
5.Consultative Councils
Generation of electricity by Area Boards, and provision for research
6.Generation of electricity by Area Boards
7.Research
Provisions as to administration, and as to conditions of employment
8.Powers of Minister in relation to Electricity Council and Electricity Boards
9.Representations by Electricity Boards to Electricity Council
10.Annual reports
11.Consolidated statements of accounts
12.Machinery for settling terms and conditions of employment
Finances of Electricity Boards and Electricity Council
13.General duty of Boards to balance revenue account
14.Tariffs and special agreements
15.Borrowing powers of Electricity Council, Generating Board and Area Boards
16.Issue of stock
17.Treasury guarantees
18.Estimates of Boards' requirements and allocations to them of liabilities in respect of stock
19.Central guarantee fund
20.Reserve funds
21.Contributions by Electricity Boards to expenses of Electricity Council
22.Application of surplus revenues of Electricity Boards
23.Compensation to local authorities
24.Provisions as to income tax and profits tax
Transfer of undertaking of Central Authority to Electricity Council and Generating Board
25.Transfer of assets and liabilities of Central Authority
26.Supplementary provisions as to transfer of assets and liabilities
27.Compensation to members and officers of Central Authority and Area Boards
Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions
28.Supply of electricity to railways
29.Maximum charges for reselling electricity supplied by Electricity Boards
30.Certification of meters
31.Placing of service lines above ground
32.Further provisions as to placing of electric lines
33.Provisions as to construction or extension of generating stations
34.Special provisions as to public inquiries
35.Entry on land for purposes of exploration
36.Expedition of highway procedure in connection with electricity works
37.Preservation of amenity
38.Status of Electricity Council, Generating Board and Area Boards
39.Administrative expenses
40.Interpretation
41.Transitional provisions
42.Amendment and adaptation of enactments, and repeals
43.Short title, citation, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Consultative Councils
PART I
Consultative Councils in England and Wales—Amendments of Section 7 of Electricity Act, 1947
1.The following provisions shall be substituted for subsection (2) of...
2.After paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of the said section...
3.The following provisions shall be substituted for subsections (6) to...
4.The Electricity Council shall be substituted for the Central Authority...
5.After subsection (11) of the said section seven there shall...
6.The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (13) of...
PART II
Consultative Councils in Scotland—New Section 7A
SECOND SCHEDULE
Supplementary Provisions as to Public Inquiries
1.In the case of an application for the consent or...
2.Subsection (2) of section sixty-six of the principal Act (which...
3.For the purposes of section thirty-four of this Act the...
4.Any power to make regulations under section thirty-four of this...
5.Where any regulations made under section thirty-four of this Act,...
6.In the application of this Schedule to Scotland, for any...
7.In this Schedule " local planning authority" has the same...
THIRD SCHEDULE
Transitional Provisions
Consultative Councils
1.(1) Any person holding office as a member of a...
Machinery for settling employment conditions
2.(1) This paragraph applies to any agreement entered into by...
Tariffs
3.(1) Any tariff fixed before the passing of this Act...
Liabilities in respect of British Electricity Stock and Exchequer advances
4.(1) In respect of British Electricity Stock issued before the...
5.(1) The Electricity Council shall prepare a scheme for determining,...
6.Any scheme prepared by the Electricity Council under paragraph 4...
Central reserve fund
7.(1) The central reserve fund shall be wound up as...
Transfer of undertaking of Central Authority
8.(1) Any legal proceedings or applications to any authority pending...
9.(1) The Minister may direct the Central Authority to produce...
10.(1) Notwithstanding the definition of " financial year " in...
Pension rights
11.Notwithstanding any amendment of the principal Act having effect by...
12.Notwithstanding any amendment by this Act of subsection (6) of...
Activities and expenses of Electricity Council and Generating Board before vesting date
13.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3) of section forty-three...
Applications for consent or authorisation made before vesting date
14.The following provisions of this Act, that is to say.—...
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Amendment and Adaptation of Enactments
PART I Amendments of Electricity Act, 1947
PART II Amendments and Adaptations of other Enactments
General amendments and adaptations
The Electric Lighting Act, 1882
The Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act, 1899
The Electric Lighting Act, 1909
The Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919
The Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Act, 1943
The Local Government Act, 1948
The Gas and Electricity (Borrowing Powers) Act, 1954
The Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act, 1954
The Finance Act, 1956
The Rating and Valuation Act, 1957
The House of Commons Disqualification Act, 1957
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
PART I Repeals Extending to England and Wales and Scotland
PART II Repeals Extending to England and Wales only