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Electricity Act 1947

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Sections 13, 17.

SECOND SCHEDULEAuthorised Undertakers to whom Part II of Act applies.

PART IPublic and Local Authorities and Companies (other than Composite Companies).

  • Aberayron and District Electricity Supply and Power Co. Ltd.

  • Aberdare Urban District Council.

  • Aberdeen Corporation.

  • Abertillery Urban District Council.

  • Aberystwyth Corporation.

  • Accrington Corporation.

  • Adwick-le-Street Urban District Council.

  • Airdrie Corporation.

  • Aldeburgh Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Alderley Edge & Wilmslow Electricity Board.

  • Aldershot Corporation.

  • Alton District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Altrincham Electric Supply, Ltd.

  • Amble Urban District Council.

  • Ammanford Urban District Council.

  • Ashbourne Urban District Council.

  • Ashford Urban District Council.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District Council.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation.

  • Askrigg & Reeth Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Atherton Urban District Council.

  • Aylesbury Corporation.

  • Ayrshire Electricity Board.

  • Bacup Corporation.

  • Bangor Corporation.

  • Barking Corporation.

  • Barnes Corporation.

  • Barnoldswick Urban District Council.

  • Barnsley Corporation.

  • Barnstaple Corporation.

  • Barrow-in-Furness Corporation.

  • Barry Corporation.

  • Basingstoke Corporation.

  • Bath Corporation.

  • Batley Corporation.

  • Battersea Borough Council.

  • Beckenham Corporation.

  • Bedford Corporation.

  • Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Electricity Co.

  • Bedwas and Machen Urban District Council.

  • Bedwellty Urban District Council.

  • Bermondsey Borough Council.

  • Bethesda Urban District Council.

  • Bethnal Green Borough Council.

  • Bexhill Corporation.

  • Bexley Corporation.

  • Bideford & District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Bingley Urban District Council.

  • Birkenhead Corporation.

  • Birmingham Corporation.

  • Blackburn Corporation.

  • Blackpool Corporation.

  • Blandford Forum & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Bolsover Urban District Council.

  • Bolton Corporation.

  • Borrowstounness Corporation.

  • Borth & Ynyslas Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Boston & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Bournemouth Corporation.

  • Bournemouth & Poole Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Bradford Corporation.

  • Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Council.

  • Brentford & Chiswick Corporation.

  • Brentford Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Brentwood District Electric Co. Ltd.

  • Bridgend Urban District Council.

  • Bridgwater & District Electric Supply & Traction Co. Ltd.

  • Bridlington Corporation.

  • Bridport Corporation.

  • Brierfield Urban District Council.

  • Brighouse Corporation.

  • Brighton Corporation.

  • Bristol Corporation.

  • Bromley Corporation.

  • Buckie Corporation.

  • Buckrose Light & Power Co. Lt.d

  • Bude Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Burford Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Burgess Hill Electricity Ltd.

  • Burnham & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Burnley Corporation.

  • Burton-upon-Trent Corporation.

  • Bury Corporation.

  • Buxton Corporation.

  • Caernarvon Corporation.

  • Caerphilly Urban District Council.

  • Calne Corporation.

  • Cambridge Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Campbeltown and Mid-Argyll Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Cannock Urban District Council.

  • Canterbury Corporation.

  • Cardiff Corporation.

  • Cardiff Rural District Council.

  • Cark & District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Carlisle Corporation.

  • Carmarthen Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Castleford Urban District Council.

  • Central Electricity Board.

  • Central London Electricity Ltd.

  • Central Sussex Electricity Ltd.

  • Chasetown & District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Cheadle & Gatley Urban District Council.

  • Cheltenham Corporation.

  • Chepstow Electric Lighting & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Chesham Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Chester Corporation.

  • Chesterfield Corporation.

  • Chichester Corporation.

  • Chislehurst Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Chudleigh Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • City of London Electric Lighting Co. Ltd.

  • Clacton Urban District Council.

  • Cleethorpes Corporation.

  • Clitheroe

  • Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co.

  • Coatbridge Corporation.

  • Colchester Corporation.

  • Colne Corporation.

  • Colne Valley Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Colne Valley Urban District Council.

  • Colwyn Bay Corporation.

  • Congleton Corporation.

  • Connah's Quay Urban District Council.

  • Conway Corporation.

  • Cornwall Electric Power Co.

  • County of London Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Coventry Corporation.

  • Craven Hydro-Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Crewe Corporation.

  • Crieff Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Crook and Willingdon Urban District Council.

  • Croydon Corporation.

  • Culm Valley Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Cwmbran Urban District Council.

  • Darlington

  • Dartford Corporation.

  • Darwen Corporation.

  • Dawlish Electric Light & Power Co.

  • Dearne District Electricity Board.

  • Denny & Dunipace Corporation.

  • Derby Corporation.

  • Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Electric Power Co.

  • Dewsbury Corporation.

  • Dolgelly Urban District Council.

  • Doncaster Corporation.

  • Dorchester Corporation.

  • Dover Corporation.

  • Dumbarton Corporation.

  • Dumfries Corporation.

  • Dumfriesshire County Council.

  • Dunbartonshire County Council.

  • Dundee Corporation.

  • Dunoon & District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Ealing Corporation.

  • Earby Urban District Council.

  • East Anglian Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • East Dereham Urban District Council.

  • East Devon Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • East Grinstead Urban District Council.

  • East Ham Corporation.

  • East Retford Corporation.

  • East Suffolk Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.

  • Eastbourne Corporation.

  • Ebbw Vale Urban District Council.

  • Eccles Corporation.

  • Edinburgh Corporation.

  • Egham & Staines Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd.

  • Electrical Distribution of Yorkshire, Ltd.

  • Electricity Distribution of North Wales & District, Ltd.

  • Ellland Urban District Council.

  • Epsom & Ewell Corporation.

  • Erith Corporation.

  • Eston Urban District Council.

  • Exe Valley Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Exeter Corporation.

  • Falkirk Corporation.

  • Fareham Urban District Council.

  • Farnworth Corporation.

  • Faversham Corporation.

  • Felixstowe Urban District Council.

  • Fife Electric Power Co.

  • Finchley Corporation.

  • First Garden City, Ltd.

  • Fleetwood Corporation.

  • Folkestone Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Foots Cray Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Formby Urban District Council.

  • Fort William Corporation.

  • Frinton-on-Sea. & District Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Fulham Borough Council.

  • Gainsborough Urban District Council.

  • Galloway Water Power Co.

  • Gellygaer Urban District Council.

  • Gillingham Corporation.

  • Glasgow Corporation.

  • Gloucester Corporation.

  • Gorseinon Electric Light Co. Ltd.

  • Grampian Electricity Supply Co.

  • Grange Urban District Council.

  • Gravesend Corporation.

  • Great Yarmouth Corporation.

  • Greenock Corporation.

  • Grimsby Corporation.

  • Guildford Corporation.

  • Guisborough Urban District Council.

  • Hackney Borough Council.

  • Halifax Corporation.

  • Hamilton Corporation.

  • Hammersmith Borough Council.

  • Hampstead Borough Council.

  • Harrogate Corporation.

  • Harwich Corporation.

  • Haslingden Corporation.

  • Hastings Corporation.

  • Hawarden Rural District Council.

  • Hawes Electric Lighting Co. Ltd.

  • Hazel Grove & Bramhall Urban District Council.

  • Hebden Royd Urban District Council.

  • Heckmondwike Urban District Council.

  • Helensburgh Corporation.

  • Herne Bay & District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Hertford Corporation.

  • Heston & Isleworth Corporation.

  • Heywood Corporation.

  • High Wycombe Corporation.

  • Hindley Urban District Council.

  • Hitchin Urban District Council.

  • Holmfirth Urban District Council.

  • Holsworthy Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Holyhead Urban District Council.

  • Horley & District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Hornsey Corporation.

  • Horsham Urban District Council.

  • Horwich Urban District Council.

  • Hove Corporation.

  • Hoylake Urban District Council.

  • Huddersfield Corporation.

  • Ilford Corporation.

  • Ilfracombe Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Ilkley Urban District Council.

  • Inverness Corporation.

  • Ipswich Corporation.

  • Isle of Wight Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Islington Borough Council.

  • Keighley Corporation.

  • Kendal Corporation.

  • Kent Electric Power Co.

  • Keswick Electric Light Co. Ltd.

  • Kettering Corporation.

  • King's Lynn Corporation.

  • Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation.

  • Kingston-upon-Thames Corporation.

  • Kirkcaldy Corporation.

  • Kirkcudbright County Council.

  • Lanarkshire County Council.

  • Lanarkshire Hydro-Electric Power Co.

  • Lancashire Electric Power Co.

  • Lancaster Corporation.

  • Leeds Corporation.

  • Leek Urban District Council.

  • Leicester Corporation.

  • Leicestershire & Warwickshire Electric Power Co.

  • Leigh Corporation.

  • Lerwick Corporation.

  • Lewes & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Leyton Corporation.

  • Lichfield Corporation.

  • Lincoln Corporation.

  • Littleborough Urban District Council.

  • Liverpool Corporation.

  • Llandrindod Wells Urban District Council.

  • Llandudno Urban District Council.

  • Llanelly & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Llanfairfechan Urban District Council.

  • Llangollen Urban District Council.

  • Loch Leven Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • London & Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority.

  • London Electric Supply Corporation Ltd.

  • London Power Co. Ltd.

  • Long Eaton Urban District Council.

  • Lossiemouth and Brandenburgh Corporation.

  • Lothians Electric Power Co.

  • Loughborough Corporation.

  • Louth Corporation.

  • Lowestoft Corporation.

  • Luton Corporation.

  • Lyme Regis Corporation.

  • Lynton & Lynmouth Electric Light Co., Ltd.

  • Lytham St. Anne's Corporation.

  • Macclesfield Corporation.

  • Machynlleth Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Maesteg Urban District Council.

  • Maidenhead Corporation.

  • Maidstone Corporation.

  • Malvern Urban District Council.

  • Manchester Corporation.

  • Mansfield Corporation.

  • Margate, Broadstairs & District Electricity Board.

  • Market Drayton Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Marlborough Corporation.

  • Marple Urban District Council.

  • Melton Mowbray Electric Light Co. Ltd.

  • Menai Bridge Urban District Council.

  • Mersey Power Co. Ltd.

  • Merthyr Electric Traction & Lighting Co. Ltd.

  • Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Mexborough Urban District Council.

  • Mid-Cheshire Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Mid-Cumberland Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Mid-Lincolnshire Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Mid-Somerset Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Middlesbrough Corporation.

  • Middleton Corporation.

  • Midland Electric Corporation for Power Distribution Ltd.

  • Midland Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Milford-on-Sea Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Milford Haven Urban District Council.

  • Millom Rural District Council.

  • Milnrow Urban District Council.

  • Milton & Barton-on-Sea (Hants) Electricity Supply Co, Ltd.

  • Minehead Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Mirfield Urban District Council.

  • Mold Urban District Council.

  • Monmouth Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Morecambe & Heysham Corporation.

  • Morley Corporation.

  • Motherwell & Wishaw Corporation.

  • Mountain Ash Urban District Council.

  • Musselburgh & District Electric Light & Traction Co. Ltd.

  • Mynyddislwyn Urban District Council.

  • Neath Corporation.

  • Neath Rural District Council.

  • Nelson Corporation.

  • New Mills Urban District Council.

  • Newark Corporation.

  • Newcastle & District Electric Lighting Co. Ltd.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme Corporation.

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation.

  • Newmarket Electric Light Co. Ltd.

  • Newport Corporation (Mon.).

  • Newton-le-Willows Urban District Council.

  • Normanton Urban District Council.

  • North Berwick Corporation.

  • North-Eastern Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • North Lincolnshire & Howdenshire Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • North of Scotland Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • North Somerset Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • North Wales and South Cheshire Joint Electricity Authority.

  • North Wales Power Co. Ltd.

  • North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority.

  • Northampton Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Northmet Power

  • Northwood Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Norwich Corporation.

  • Notting Hill Electric Lighting Co. Ltd.

  • Nottingham Corporation.

  • Nuneaton Corporation.

  • Oban Corporation.

  • Ogmore & Garw Urban District Council.

  • Oldham Corporation.

  • Ormskirk Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Ossett Corporation.

  • Oswestry Corporation.

  • Oxford Corporation.

  • Padiham Urban District Council.

  • Paignton Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Paisley Corporation.

  • Peacehaven Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Penarth Urban District Council.

  • Penmaenmawr Urban District Council.

  • Penrith Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Penybont Rural District Council.

  • Perth Corporation.

  • Peterborough Corporation.

  • Peterhead Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Petersfield Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Plymouth Corporation.

  • Plympton,St. Mary Rural District Council.

  • Pontardawe Rural District Council.

  • Pontypool Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Pontypridd Urban District Council.

  • Poplar Borough Council.

  • Port Talbot Corporation.

  • Porthcawl Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Portland Urban District Council.

  • Portsmouth Corporation.

  • Prestatyn Urban District Council.

  • Preston Corporation.

  • Pudsey Corporation.

  • Radcliffe Corporation.

  • Ramsgate & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Rawtenstall Corporation.

  • Reading Corporation.

  • Redcar Corporation.

  • Reigate Corporation.

  • Rhondda Urban District Council.

  • Rhyl Urban District Council.

  • Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Richmond (Yorks) Corporation.

  • Ringmer & District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Ringwood Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Risca Urban District Council.

  • Rochdale Corporation.

  • Rotherham Corporation.

  • Rugby Corporation.

  • Rushden & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Ruthin Corporation.

  • St. Austell & District Electric Lighting & Power Co. Ltd.

  • St. Helens Corporation.

  • St. Marylebone Borough Council.

  • St. Pancras Borough Council.

  • Sale Corporation.

  • Salford Corporation.

  • Salisbury Electric Light & Supply Co, Ltd.

  • Scarborough Corporation.

  • Scottish Central Electric Power Co.

  • Scottish Midlands Electricity Supply Ltd.

  • Scottish Southern Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Scunthorpe Corporation.

  • Seaford & Newhaven Electricity Ltd.

  • Seaham Urban District Council.

  • Seaton and District Electric Light Co. Ltd.

  • Sedbergh Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Settle and District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Sevenoaks & District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Sheerness & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Sheffield Corporation.

  • Shipley Urban District Council.

  • Shoreditch Borough Council.

  • Shoreham & District Electric Lighting & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Shropshire, Worcestershire & Staffordshire Electric Power Co.

  • Skelmorlie Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Skelton and Brotton Urban District Council.

  • Skipton Urban District Council.

  • Sleaford Urban District Council.

  • Slough & Datchet Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • South Cumberland Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • South-East Kent Electric Power Co. Ltd.

  • South-East Yorkshire Light & Power Co, Ltd.

  • South London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd.

  • South Metropolitan Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • South Shields Corporation.

  • South Somerset & District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • South Wales Electric Power Co.

  • Southampton Corporation.

  • Southend-on-Sea Corporation.

  • Southport Corporation.

  • Southwark Borough Council.

  • Spalding Urban District Council.

  • Spenborough Urban District Council.

  • Stafford Corporation.

  • Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Transport & Electricity Board.

  • Stanley Urban District Council.

  • Stepney Borough Council.

  • Steyning Electricity Ltd.

  • Stirling Corporation.

  • Stockport Corporation.

  • Stockton-on-Tees Corporation.

  • Stoke Newington Borough Council.

  • Stoke-on-Trent Corporation.

  • Stone Urban District Council.

  • Stornoway Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Strathclyde Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Stretford & District Electricity Board.

  • Stroud Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Sunderland Corporation.

  • Sussex Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Sutton Coldfield Corporation.

  • Swansea Corporation.

  • Swindon Corporation.

  • Swinton & Pendlebury Corporation.

  • Tadcaster Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Tamworth District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Taunton Corporation.

  • Teignmouth Electric Lighting Co. Ltd.

  • Thornbury & District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Thornton Cleveleys Urban District Council.

  • Thurrock Urban District Council.

  • Thurso & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Tiverton Corporation.

  • Todmorden Corporation.

  • Tonbridge Urban District Council.

  • Torquay Corporation.

  • Towyn, Aberdovey and District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Tredegar Urban District Council.

  • Trent Valley & High Peak Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Tunbridge Wells Corporation.

  • Turton Urban District Council.

  • Tynemouth Corporation.

  • Ulverston Urban District Council.

  • Urban Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Uttoxeter Urban District Council.

  • Uxbridge & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wakefield Corporation.

  • Wallasey Corporation.

  • Walsall Corporation.

  • Walthamstow Corporation.

  • Walton and Weybridge Urban District Council.

  • Warmley Rural District Council.

  • Warrington Corporation.

  • Watford Corporation.

  • Weald Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wellingborough Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wellington District Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Welwyn Garden City Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wessex Electricity Co.

  • West Bromwich Corporation.

  • West Cambrian Power Co. Ltd.

  • West Devon Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • West Gloucestershire Power Co. Ltd.

  • West Ham Corporation.

  • West Hampshire Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • West Hartlepool Corporation.

  • West Kent Electric Co. Ltd.

  • West Lothian County Council.

  • West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority.

  • West Riding Automobile Co. Ltd.

  • Westmorland and District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Weston-super-Mare & District Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Corporation.

  • Whitby Urban District Council.

  • Whitehaven Corporation.

  • Whitstable Electric Co. Ltd.

  • Whitworth Urban District Council.

  • Wick Corporation.

  • Wickford & District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wigan Corporation.

  • Wigtownshire Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Willesden Corporation.

  • Wilton Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wimbledon Corporation.

  • Winchester Corporation.

  • Windermere & District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Windsor Electrical Installation Co. Ltd.

  • Wisbech Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.

  • Witney Urban District Council.

  • Woking Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

  • Wolverhampton Corporation.

  • Woodstock & District Electrical Distribution Co. Ltd.

  • Woolwich Borough Council.

  • Worcester Corporation.

  • Workington Corporation.

  • Worksop Corporation.

  • Worthing Corporation.

  • Wrexham Corporation.

  • Yale. Electric Power Co. Ltd.

  • York Corporation.

  • Yorkshire Electric Power Co.

PART IIComposite Companies.

  • Ascot District Gas & Electricity Co.

  • Bognor & District Gas & Electricity Co.

  • Brixham Gas & Electricity Co.

  • Bungay Gas & Electricity Co.

  • Farnham Gas & Electricity Co.

  • Guildford Gas Light & Coke Co.

  • Mid Southern Utility Co.

  • Oakham Gas & Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Salcombe Gas & Electricity Co. Ltd.

  • Whitchurch (Hants) Gas & Electricity. Co. Ltd.

  • Uckfield Gas & Electricity Co.

  • Yorktown (Camberley) Gas & Electricity Co.

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