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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/section/1</dc:identifier><dc:title>Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (repealed)</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and the South of Scotland Electricity Board and to functions of the Secretary of State in relation to the generation and distribution of electricity in Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission.</dc:description><dc:date>1979-05-31</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-27</dc:modified><dct:valid>2001-11-09</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/body" NumberOfProvisions="2" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="2001-11-09" Match="false"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/part/I" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/part/I" NumberOfProvisions="2" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="2001-11-09" Match="false" id="part-I"><Number>Part I</Number><Title> The Boards</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/part/I/crossheading/constitution" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/part/I/crossheading/constitution" NumberOfProvisions="2" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="2001-11-09" Match="false" id="part-I-crossheading-constitution"><Title> Constitution</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictEndDate="2001-11-09" Match="false"><Title><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890"> Constitution of Boards.</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/section/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/section/1" id="section-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">1</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/section/1/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/section/1/1" id="section-1-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board established by section 1 of the Act of 1943 (in this Act referred to as “</Addition><Term id="term-the-north-board"><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">the North Board</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">”) and the South of Scotland Electricity Board established by section 2 of the Act of 1954 (in this Act referred to as “</Addition><Term id="term-the-south-board"><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">the South Board</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">”) shall continue in existence, and are referred to in this Act as “</Addition><Term id="term-the-boards"><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">the Boards</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">”.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/11/section/1/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/section/1/2" id="section-1-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d30p156" CommentaryRef="c910890">Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to the constitution and proceedings of the Boards.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c910888" Type="F"><Para><Text>Act repealed (31.3.1990 for certain provisions and 9.11.2001 otherwise) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29" id="c00001" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29">1989 c. 29</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00002" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/section/112/4" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-112-4">s. 112(4)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00003" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/18" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="schedule-18">Sch. 18</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/117" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1990" Number="117">S.I. 1990/117</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/117/article/3/b" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00004" SectionRef="article-3-b">art. 3(b)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/3419" id="c00006" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="3419">S.I. 2001/3419</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/3419/article/2/a/c" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00006" SectionRef="article-2-a-c">art. 2(a)(c)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c910890" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00015" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/11/section/1" SectionRef="section-1">Section 1</CitationSubRef> and in Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 to 5, in paragraph 6 the words “Each of the Boards shall be a body corporate and” and the words “shall have power to regulate their own procedure” and paragraphs 7 to 11 repealed<Emphasis>prosp.</Emphasis></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>