Electricity Act 1947

Part IE+W+S [F1CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY] AND AREA ELECTRICITY BOARDS

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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

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3 Constitution of Central Authority and Area Boards.E+W+S

(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.]

4–63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10E+W+S

64 Provisions as to regulations and orders.E+W+S

(1)–(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

[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

65–66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W+S

67 Interpretation.E+W+S

[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“Minister” means the [F18Minister of Power];]

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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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[F2169 Short title and extent.E+W+S

(1)This Act may cited as the Electricity Act 1947.

(2)This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.]