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Part III · Modification and Enforcement of Licences

60. Consumer Affairs Authority Act not to apply

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

(1)

The Consumer Affairs Authority established by the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003, shall not exercise any powers, duties or functions, conferred on that

Authority by that Act, in relation to the exercise, discharge or performance of the powers, duties and functions conferred on the Commission by this Act or the Public Utilities

Commission of Sri Lanka Act, No. 35 of 2002.

(2)

The Commission shall, wherever the need to do so arises and in the absence of specific provisions in the Public

Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka Act, No. 35 of 2002 relating to the protection of the rights of consumers, exercise, perform and discharge such of the powers, duties and functions conferred on the Consumer Affairs Authority established by the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003 as are relevant thereto, and the provisions of that Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in regard to the exercise, performance and discharge of such powers, duties and functions by the

Commission.