# Electricity Act 1957 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c. 48 · enacted 17 July 1957 · revised to 9 November 2001 An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Central Electricity Authority and the establishment of a Central Electricity Generating Board and an Electricity Council, and for the transfer of functions of the said Authority to that Board or Council or to the Minister of Power; to make further provision as to other matters relating to the supply of electricity; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. ## Introductory text An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Central Electricity Authority and the establishment of a Central Electricity Generating Board and an Electricity Council, and for the transfer of functions of the said Authority to that Board or Council or to the Minister of Power; to make further provision as to other matters relating to the supply of electricity; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. [17th July 1957] ## Reorganisation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 (1) . . . . . . 2)—(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 (1) . . . . . . 2)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4—39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule FIRST SCHEDULE—THIRD SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule FOURTH: Amendment and Adaptation of Enactments ## I AMENDMENTS OF ELECTRICITY ACT, 1947 Section of Act Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II . . . ## Schedule FIFTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/48 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1957 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.