Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009 · As enacted · Part III · Modification and Enforcement of Licences
65. Ceylon Electricity Board to be issued with provisional licence and licences
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any provision in the Ceylon Electricity Board Act, No 17 of 1969, the Ceylon Electricity Board shall, with effect from the date on which this Act comes into operation, be issued with appropriate provisional licenses by the Commission under this Act, so as to enable the Ceylon Electricity Board to carry on activities relating to the generation, transmission, and bulk procurement of electricity and for the distribution and supply of electricity. All provisional licenses issued under this section shall be valid for a period of six months from the date on which this Act comes into operation and shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the
Commission.
Not less than three months prior to the expiry of the period of six months referred to in subsection (1), the Ceylon
Electricity Board to which such provisional licences were issued shall be required to make an application to the
Commission under this Act for the issue of a licence under section 7 of this Act to generate, transmit and for bulk procurement of electricity or distribution and supply of electricity, as the case may be. The Board shall along with its applicaton also submit a plan specifying the geographical areas on which it is operating its activities as on the date of the making of the aplication and an expansion plan indicating the geographical areas in which it proposes, during a period of fifteen years from such date, to expand its activities relating to the generation, transmission and for bulk procurement of electricity and distribution and supply of electricity prepared in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Cabinet of Ministers under section 5 of this Act.
On receipt of the application and the required plans under subsection (2), the Commission shall, prior to the expiry of the six months period referred to in subsection (1)
and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provisions of this Act, issue the required licences to the
Ceylon Electricity Board for a period of fifteen years. Every licence so issued shall be subject to the terms and conditions attached to such licence, and may be extended from time to time, for further periods of fifteen years each, on application being made for that purpose prior to the expiry of the period of validity of the licence issued, along with the required plans prepared in accordance with policy guidelines approved by the Cabinet of Ministers under section 5.