Clause. 25. 26. 27. Power to authorise issue of stock. Power to Treasury to guarantee loans to Board. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 28. Charges for electricity supplied by power companies. Relation of charges to dividends. 29. 30. Power to lop trees obstructing electric lines. AMENDMENTS OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACTS. 31. Schemes for constitution of electricity districts, and the organisation of supply therein. 32. 33. Contents of schemes. Amendment of schemes. 34. Provisions as to companies with large area of supply. 35. Terms of purchase of a company taking a bulk supply. 36. Methods of charge. 37. 38. Amendment of Schedule to 62 & 63 Vict. c. 19. GENERAL. 39. Interpretation. 40. Short title, construction and extent. SCHEDULES. A BILL ΤΟ B Amend the law with respect to the supply of E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows: CONSTITUTION AND GENERAL POWERS OF CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. A.D. 1926 1.-(1) For the purposes of this Act there shall be Constitution established as soon as may be after the passing of this of Central 10 Act a body to be called the Central Electricity Board, Electricity consisting of a chairman and seven other members appointed by the Minister of Transport. (2) The Central Electricity Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) shall be a body corporate with 15 power to hold land without licence in mortmain. (3) The Board may act notwithstanding a vacancy in their number. (4) A person appointed to be the chairman or to be a member of the Board shall hold office for such term 20 not less than five years as may be determined by the Minister before his appointment. (5) The Board shall appoint a secretary and such other officers and servants as the Board may determine, A.D. 1926. and there shall be paid out of the fund hereafter established to the members of the Board, or any of them, such salaries or fees and allowances for expenses as the Minister of Transport may determine, and to the secretary, officers, and servants of the Board such salaries 5 and remuneration, and, on retirement, such pensions and gratuities as the Board may determine; and any expenses incurred by the Board in the exercise and performance of their powers and duties under this Act shall be defrayed out of the said fund. 10 General duties of (6) The Board shall have a common seal, and the seal of the Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the chairman of the Board or some other member of the Board authorised by the Board to act in that behalf, and of the secretary, or some other person authorised by 15 the Board to act in that behalf. (7) Every document purporting to be an order or other instrument issued by the Board and to be sealed with the seal of the Board authenticated in manner provided by this section, or to be signed by the secretary 20 or any person authorised to act in that behalf, shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such order or instrument without further proof unless the contrary is shown. 2.-(1) The Board shall be charged with the duty of 25 powers and supplying electricity to authorised undertakers in accordance with the provisions of this Act, but shall not, save as hereinafter expressly provided, themselves generate electricity, and the Board shall have such further powers and duties as are provided by this Act. Board. Appointment of consulta tive technical committees. 30 (2) It shall be lawful for the Board, with the approval of the Electricity Commissioners, to enter into arrangements with any authorised undertakers or other bodies for the exercise by such bodies on behalf of the Board of any of the powers of the Board under this Act 35 which the Board think can more expediently be exercised locally. 3.-(1) The Board shall appoint one or more consultative technical committees consisting of engineers employed in connection with generating stations which 40 are by virtue of this Act for the time being selected stations. (2) A consultative technical committee shall give A.D. 1926. advice and assistance on such matters as may be referred to the committee by the Board, and for that purpose the committee shall meet from time to time as the Board 5 may determine. 10 15 20 25 30 PROVISIONS AS TO SCHEME. 4. (1) The Board shall, as soon as practicable, Duty of prepare and submit to the Electricity Commissioners Board to a scheme prepare and (b) providing for interconnection, by means of main (c) providing for such standardisation of frequency 35 A.D. 1926. Existing selected stations. (2) The Electricity Commissioners shall cause the scheme to be published, and shall give to authorised undertakers and to other persons who appear to the Commissioners to be interested an opportunity of making representations thereon, and the Commissioners after 5 considering the scheme and such representations, may confirm the scheme either without modifications, or subject to such modifications as they think fit, and either generally or as respects any specified area or areas, and where the scheme has been confirmed as respects certain 10 areas it may subsequently be confirmed as respects other areas. (3) As soon as the scheme is confirmed by the Electricity Commissioners, or is confirmed as respects any area, it shall be the duty of the Board to carry out and 15 give effect to the scheme, or to carry out and give effect to the scheme within the area, as the case may be. (4) A scheme may from time to time be altered or extended by a scheme made in like manner as the original scheme. 20 5.-(1) The Board shall make arrangements with the owners of existing generating stations which by virtue of the scheme are to become selected stations for the stations being operated in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and for such extensions and 25 alterations thereof as may be required by or under the scheme and such additional extensions and alterations as the Board may from time to time direct: Provided that if the owners of any such station consider that any directions of the Board requiring 30 additional extensions or alterations are unreasonable, they may appeal to the Electricity Commissioners, with a further right of appeal to the Railway and Canal Commission, against the decision of those Commissioners. (2) If the owners of any such station are unwilling 35 to enter into or fail to carry out any such arrangements to the satisfaction of the Board, the Board shall be entitled to acquire the generating station at a price to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act and on payment or tender of 40 such price the Minister of Transport may make an order vesting the generating station in the Board. |
