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Electricity Act 1947

10 & 11 Geo. 6 c. 54 · Enacted 13 August 1947 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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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]I1C1C2C3C4C5C6C7

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Act 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matter affecting one of the Boards and the Generating Board or an Area Board, ss. 1(4)(5), 2(7), 4(2)–(7), 11(2), 19 repealed (S.) by Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 11), Sch. 10, 12

C2

Act amended (E.W.) by Electricity (Amendment) Act 1961 (c. 8), Sch. and (S.) by Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 11), s. 20

C3

Act, except as specified, repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17, para. 35(1), Sch. 18(with savings for ss. 46, 54 in ss. 104, 112(3), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(e),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) )

C4

Act amended by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 15 para. 2

C5

Act amended by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), ss. 15, 25, Sch. 1 para. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)

C6

Act applied (S.)(prosp) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 111(9), 119(2) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))

C7

Act 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

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Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

Contents

  1. Part I: [CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY] AND AREA ELECTRICITY BOARDS
  2. 1Section 1
  3. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 3Constitution of Central Authority and Area Boards.
  5. 4–63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 64Provisions as to regulations and orders.
  7. 65–66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 67Interpretation.
  9. 68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. Schedule FIRSTArea Electricity Boards
  12. Schedule SECOND. . .
  13. Schedule THIRD. . .
  14. Schedule FOURTH. . .
  15. Schedule FIFTH. . .

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3Constitution of Central Authority and Area Boards.C1

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64Provisions as to regulations and orders.

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F2(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.

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67Interpretation.

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Schedule FIRSTArea Electricity BoardsF1F2

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Schedule SECOND. . .F1

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Schedule FIFTH. . .F1