Electricity Act 1947

58Power to dissolve Electricity Commissioners.

(1)The Minister may by order provide—

(a)for dissolving the Electricity Commissioners;

(b)for transferring to the Minister all property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Electricity Commissioners, and for the modification of agreements so far as necessary for giving effect to the transfer of rights, liabilities and obligations thereunder;

(c)for transferring to the Minister, the Secretary of State, the Central Authority or the North of Scotland Board any functions previously exercisable by the Electricity Commissioners under any enactment or for extinguishing any such functions;

(d)for transferring from the Minister to the Central Authority or the North of Scotland Board such of the property, rights, liabilities and obligations transferred to him from the Electricity Commissioners as appear to the Minister to relate to any functions of the Commissioners so transferred;

(e)for the adaptation, modification or repeal of enactments relating to the Electricity Commissioners; and

(f)for matters incidental or supplementary to the matters aforesaid for which it appears to the Minister to be necessary or expedient to provide.

(2)Any order made under this section shall secure that the pension rights of persons who have been Electricity Commissioners or officers of the Electricity Commissioners are not prejudiced by the order, and any pension payable in satisfaction of those rights shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament and shall be repaid to the Treasury by the Central Authority and the North of Scotland Board on demand to such extent as the Treasury may determine.