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Part III · Modification and Enforcement of Licences

66. Amendment to the Ceylon Electricity Board Act…

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

(1)

The Ceylon Electricity Board Act, No. 17 of 1969

(in this section referred to as “the Act”), as last amended by

Act, No. 32 of 1988, is hereby further amended as follows:—

(a)

in section 11 of that Act—

(i)

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefore of the following subsection:—

“(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to develop and maintain an efficient, co-ordinated and economical system of electricity supply in accordance with any appropriate licence issued by the Public

Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.”;

(ii)

by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection:—

“(2A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), in the performance of the duties specified therein, the Board shall not act in contravention of any condition of a licence issued to it by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.”;

(b)

in section 12 of that Act—

(i)

by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section;

(ii)

by the substitution in the renumbered subsection (1) of that section for the words

“The Board may exercise”, of the words

“Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Board may exercise”;

(iii)

by the addition, immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) of that section of the following new subsection:—

“(2) The powers referred to in paragraphs (a), (d), (h), (l) and (n) of subsection (1) shall be exercised by the Board, in accordance with the terms and conditions of any appropriate licenses issued to the Board by the Public

Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.”;

(c)

by the repeal of sections 14, 15 and 16 of that Act;

(d)

by the repeal of Part II and Part V of that Act; and

(e)

in section 66 of the Act—

(1)

by the insertion, immediately before the definition of the expression “Local

Government Service”, of the following new definition:—

“ “licence” means a licence issued by the

Public Utilities Commission of Sri

Lanka Under the Sri Lanka Electricity

Act, No. 20 of 2009”; and

(2)

by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “public officer”, of the following new definition:—

“ “Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka”

means the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka established by section 2 of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri

Lanka Act, No. 35 of 2002.”

(2)

Notwithstanding the repeal of Part V of the Act, all tariffs fixed by the Ceylon Electricity Board under section 52 of that Act for the supply of electrical energy by such

Board and in force on the day preceding the date on which this Act comes into operation, shall continue to be in force, untill such tariffs are varied or replaced by or under any written law.

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