Next (PART I. Constitution, Finance and General Functions of the Electricity Supply Board.)

27 1927

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Number 27 of 1927.


ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) ACT, 1927.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

PART I.

Constitution, Finance and General Functions of the Electricity Supply Board.

2.

Constitution of The Electricity Supply Board.

3.

Disqualification of members, etc., of Board from being members of the Oireachtas.

4.

Common Seal of the Board.

5.

Removal of Members of the Board.

6.

Procedure of the Board.

7.

Accounts and audits.

8.

Officers and servants of the Board.

9.

Exercise of functions of Board through its officers.

10.

Disclosure of interest in contract.

11.

Prohibition of interests in electrical undertakings.

12.

Advances from the Central Fund to the Board.

13.

Payment of interest on advances.

14.

Repayment of advances made under this Act.

15.

Repayment of advances made under the Shannon Electricity Act, 1925.

16.

Charges on Shannon works.

17.

Control of Shannon works.

18.

Transfer of chattels to the Board.

19.

General duty of the Board.

20.

Certain general powers of the Board.

21.

Fixing of rates and scales of charges for electricity, etc.

22.

Loans by the Board to authorised undertakers.

23.

Authorised undertakers and permitted undertakers to give information to the Board.

24.

Investigation into administration, etc., of authorised undertaking.

25.

Users, etc., of electrical apparatus to give information to Board.

26.

Employment of technical, etc., advisers.

27.

General advisory functions of the Board.

28.

Investigations and surveys by the Board.

29.

Exhibitions and displays of electrical apparatus, etc.

30.

Assistance of Departments of State.

31.

Inquiries by the Board.

32.

Annual report, statistics and returns.

33.

General regulations.

34.

Regulations to be incorporated with special orders.

PART II.

Particular Functions and Powers of the Electricity Supply Board.

35.

Prohibition of unauthorised sale of electricity.

36.

Constitution of authorised undertakers by the Board.

37.

Permits to supply electricity to the public.

38.

Acquisition by the Board of authorised undertakings.

39.

Procedure on acquisition of authorised undertaking by the Board.

40.

Control of authorised undertaking by the Board.

41.

Segregation of authorised undertaking from conjoined business.

42.

Alteration of areas of supply.

43.

Provisions consequential on extension of area of supply.

44.

Provisions consequential on reduction of an area of supply.

45.

Compulsory acquisition of land, etc., by the Board.

46.

Disposal of surplus land, etc., by the Board.

47.

Compulsory acquisition of land, etc., by authorised undertaker.

48.

Disposal of surplus land, etc.

49.

Sale and hire of electrical apparatus.

50.

Shops and showrooms.

51.

Breaking-up of streets, etc.

52.

Exercise of power to break up roads, etc.

53.

Way-leaves across land.

54.

Way-leaves across railways, etc.

55.

Cables across rivers, etc.

56.

Supply of electricity in bulk by the Board.

57.

Purchase and resale of electricity by the Board.

58.

Particular use by the Board of Shannon transmission system.

59.

Scales of methods and rates of charge.

60.

Objection to scale of charges.

61.

Closing of generating stations.

62.

Establishment and extension of generating stations, etc.

63.

Making of contracts by the Board for authorised undertakers.

64.

Amendment of frequency.

65.

Purchase, etc., of undertakings by authorised undertaker.

66.

Working of by-products.

67.

Constitution of joint committees.

68.

Mutual assistance.

69.

Supply of electricity to premises outside area of supply.

70.

Divestiture of powers and obligations.

PART III.

Local Authorities.

71.

Expenses of local authorities.

72.

Power to local authorities to borrow for the purposes of this Act.

73.

Power to suspend annual provision for repayment of borrowed moneys.

74.

Audit of Accounts.

75.

Contracts for execution of works, etc.

76.

Expenses of carrying out agreements.

77.

Payment by local authorities of expenses of certain alterations.

78.

Application to borrowing under this Act of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878. to 1919.

79.

Public safety regulations.

80.

Allocation of surplus funds.

81.

Provision of fund as working capital.

PART IV.

Amendments of the Shannon Electricity Act, 1925.

82.

Provision of alternative accommodation.

83.

Acquisition of land for erection of barracks.

84.

Vesting of pillars, poles, etc., in Minister.

85.

Provisions as to certain lands acquired under the Shannon Electricity Act, 1925.

86.

Exemption from stamp duty.

PART V.

Miscellaneous and General.

87.

Number of arbitrators.

88.

Appointment of arbitrators by the Minister.

89.

Contributions to certain associations.

90.

Stand-by supplies.

91.

Use of electric lines, etc., in or across streets or open spaces.

92.

Use of electricity supplied to railway company, etc.

93.

Prevention of preferential treatment.

94.

Notice to be given to undertakers before removing.

95.

Exemption of agreements for the supply of electricity from stamp duty.

96.

Exemption of Shannon works from rates.

97.

Power to carry out agreements.

98.

Lopping of trees by the Board or an authorised undertaker.

99.

Power to cut off supply.

100.

Expenses of certain necessary alterations.

101.

Erection, etc., of aerials.

102.

Extension of time for construction of electrical works.

103.

Authorised gas undertakers.

104.

Relief of gas undertaker from obligation to supply gas.

105.

Transfer to the Board of certain functions of the Commissioners of Public Works.

106.

Prohibition of navigation in the River Shannon at certain periods.

107.

Transfer of powers, etc., under Weights and Measures Acts.

108.

Inspection of apparatus.

109.

Prohibition of discharge of corrosive matter into River Shannon.

110.

Application to electricity of section 4 of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875.

111.

Penalty for malicious injury.

112.

Saving of rights, etc., of Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.

113.

Repeals.

114.

Short title.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.


Acts Referred to

Shannon Electricity Act, 1925

No. 26 of 1925

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

No. 39 of 1926

Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924

No. 16 of 1924

Land Act, 1923

No. 42 of 1923

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Number 27 of 1927.


ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) ACT, 1927.


AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE REORGANISATION AND REGULATION OF THE GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY THROUGHOUT SAORSTÁT EIREANN AND IN PARTICULAR TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE WORKS CONSTRUCTED BY THE STATE UNDER THE SHANNON ELECTRICITY ACT, 1925 AND FOR THE TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SUPPLY OF SUCH ELECTRICITY, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION, AND CONTROL OF THE SAID WORKS WITH A VIEW TO THE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMIC OPERATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER MATTERS INCIDENTAL TO OR ARISING IN THE COURSE OF THE MATTERS AFORESAID OR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND TO AMEND THE SAID SHANNON ELECTRICITY ACT, 1925 . [28th May, 1927.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

Preliminary.

Definitions.

1. —In this Act—

the expression “the Board” means the Electricity Supply Board appointed under this Act;

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

the expression “the Shannon works” means and includes all works of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate constructed under the Shannon Electricity Act, 1925 (No. 26 of 1925) for the production and generation of electricity by means of hydraulic power derived from the waters of the River Shannon and the transmission and supply in bulk of the electricity so produced and also the lands and premises acquired by the Minister in pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred on him by the Act aforesaid not including any lands acquired by the Minister under the said Act and determined by him under section 12 of the said Act to be surplus lands, and not including any lands acquired by the Minister for a special purpose under the said Act as amended by this Act;

the expression “the transmission system of the Shannon works” means the portion of the Shannon works used or intended to be used for the transmission and supply in bulk of the electricity produced in the Shannon works;

the expression “authorised undertaker” means a person who is for the time being authorised by any local or personal Act of the United Kingdom Parliament or any private Act of the Oireachtas or any provisional or other order made under statutory authority (whether before or after the establishment of Saorstát Eireann) or by special order of the Board made under this Act to generate, distribute, and supply or to distribute and supply electricity to the public in any specified area and who by virtue of such Act or Order has for the time being the exclusive right of so supplying electricity in such area;

the expression “permitted undertaker” means any person to whom a permit has been granted and is in force under this Act to generate, distribute, and supply or to distribute and supply either to the public generally or to particular classes or members of the public electricity either for all purposes or for one or more specified purposes in a specified area;

the expression “statutory undertaker” means any person authorised by any local or personal Act of the United Kingdom Parliament or any private Act of the Oireachtas or any Provisional or other Order made under statutory authority (whether before or after the establishment of Saorstát Eireann) to generate electricity for any purpose;

the word “undertaking”—

(a) when used in reference to an authorised undertaker who is authorised to generate and distribute and supply electricity to the public, means and includes the electric plant, machinery, and works used by such undertaker for the generation of electricity, the electric lines, apparatus, and appliances used by such undertaker for the distribution and supply of electricity to the public and the premises used by such undertaker in connection with such plant, machinery, and works and such lines, apparatus, and appliances,

(b) when used in reference to an authorised undertaker who is authorised only to distribute and supply electricity to the public, means and includes the electric lines, apparatus and appliances used by such undertaker for the distribution and supply of electricity to the public and the premises used by such undertaker in connection with such lines, apparatus and appliances, and

(c) when used in reference to a statutory undertaker, means and includes the electric plant, machinery, and works used by such undertaker in the generation of electricity for the purpose for which such undertaker is empowered to generate electricity by the Act or Order constituting such undertaker and the premises used by such undertaker in connection with the generation of electricity for the purpose aforesaid;

the expression “distribution system” means and includes that portion of an undertaking used or intended to be used for the distribution and supply of electricity to consumers;

the expression “transmission system” means and includes the electric lines, poles, pillars, transformers, and other electrical apparatus used in connection with the transmission of electricity from a generating station to a distribution system and the premises used in connection with such apparatus;

the expression “generating station” means a station for the generation of electricity;

the expression “supply in bulk” means a supply of electricity to be used for resale to consumers;

the word “street” includes any square, court, alley, highway, lane, road, thoroughfare or public passage or place;

the expression “area of supply” means an area within which an authorised undertaker is for the time being authorised to supply electricity to the public and has for the time being the exclusive right of so supplying electricity;

the expression “local authority” includes a county council, county or other borough council, urban district council, rural district council, and the commissioners of a town, and any public body which is established by or in pursuance of any statute to perform any of the functions of any of the above named bodies.