An Act to provide for the establishment of a British Electricity Authority and Area Electricity Boards and for the exercise and performance by that Authority and those Boards and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board of functions relating to the supply of electricity and certain other matters; for the transfer to the said Authority or any such Board as aforesaid of property, rights, obligations and liabilities of electricity undertakers and other bodies; to amend the law relating to the supply of electricity; to make certain consequential provision as to income tax; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[13th August 1947]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act except ss. 1(3), 67, 69, and in so far as they relate to any matter affecting one of the Boards and the Generating Board or an Area Board, ss. 1(4)(5), 2(7), 4(2)–(7), 11(2), 19 repealed (S.) by Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 11), Sch. 10, 12
C2Act amended (E.W.) by Electricity (Amendment) Act 1961 (c. 8), Sch. and (S.) by Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 11), s. 20
C3Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
C4Act amended by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 15 para. 2
C5Act amended by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), ss. 15, 25, Sch. 1 para. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)
C6Act applied (S.)(prosp) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 111(9), 119(2) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
C7Act applied (S.) (1.4.1992) by Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), s. 22(3), (as substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(1), Sch. 13, para. 10 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))); S.I. 1992/818, art. 2(a)
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954 (c. 60), Sch. 1 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C8Functions of Central Authority now exercisable by Central Electricity Generating Board and Electricity Council; Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), ss. 2, 3
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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(1A) . . . F2
(2)[F3There shall be established Boards, to be known by the names mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act] . . . F2
(3)[F3In this Act and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment] . . . F2[F3the Boards established under the last foregoing subsection are referred to as “Area Boards” and the [F4Generating Board]and the Area Boards, together with the North of Scotland Board, are referred to as “Electricity Boards”.]
(4)–(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
Textual Amendments
F2Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
F3Words repealedprosp. by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1)
F4Words substituted by Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), Sch. 4 Pt. I
Textual Amendments
F5Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
(1)[F6The [F7Generating Board] and every Area Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal] . . . F8
(2)–(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
[F6(7)The Minister may make regulations with respect to—
(a)the appointment of, and the tenure and vacation of office by, the members of the [F7Generating Board] and any Area Board;
(b)the quorum, proceedings, meetings and determinations of the [F7Generating Board] and any Area Board;
(c)the execution of instruments and the mode of entering into contracts by and on behalf of the [F7Generating Board] or any Area Board, and the proof of documents purporting to be executed, issued or signed by the [F7Generating Board] or any Area Board or a member or officer thereof; and
(d)any other matters supplementary or incidental to the matters aforesaid for which provision appears to the Minister to be necessary or expedient.]
[F6(8)Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under the last foregoing subsection, the [F7Generating Board] and every Area Board shall have power to regulate their own procedure.]
Textual Amendments
F6Words repealedprosp. by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1)
F7Words substituted by Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), Sch. 4 Pt. I
F8Words repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II
F9Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C9S. 3 amended by Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), s. 4(2)
C10S. 3(1)(7)(8) applied by Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), s. 3(6)
Textual Amendments
F10Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
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[F12(3)All orders and regulations made under this Act, not being orders or regulations required to be laid before Parliament in draft or orders subject to special parliamentary procedure, shall be laid before Parliament immediately after they are made and if either House, within a period of forty days beginning with the day on which any such order or regulations is or are so laid before it, resolves that the order or regulations be annulled, the order or regulations shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of any new order or regulations.]
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13
(5)–(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
Textual Amendments
F11Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
F12Words repealedprosp. by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1)
F13S. 64(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII; expressed to be repealed (prosp.) by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17 para. 35, Sch. 18 (with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1))
Textual Amendments
F14Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
[F15(1)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—]
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[F15 “Area Board” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;]
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[F17[F15“the Generating Board” means the Central Electricity Generating Board constituted under the M1Electricity Act 1957;]]
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[F15“North of Scotland Board” means the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board constituted under the [F19M2Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979];]
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Textual Amendments
F15Words repealedprosp. by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1)
F16Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
F17Definition inserted by Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), Sch. 4 Pt. I
F18Words substituted by S.I. 1957/48 (1957 I, p. 1439), art. 1(2)
F19Words substituted by virtue of Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 11), Sch. 10 para. 5
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F20Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
(1)This Act may cited as the Electricity Act 1947.
(2)This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F21Words repealedprosp. by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1)
Section 1.
| [F22Name of Area Board.] | . . . F23 |
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| [F22The London Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The South Eastern Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The Southern Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The South Western Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The Eastern Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The East Midlands Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The Midlands Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The South Wales Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The Yorkshire Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The North Eastern Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
| [F22The North Western Electricity Board.] | . . . F23 |
Textual Amendments
F22Words repealedprosp. by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1)
F23Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
Textual Amendments
F24Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
Textual Amendments
F25Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
Textual Amendments
F26Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )
Textual Amendments
F27Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e), Sch. 17 para. 30(1) (the repeal being in force 31.3.1990 by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(b) )