1. Short title and dates of operation

Act, No. 36 of 2024.

of section 10, subsection (3) of section 10, subsection (5) of section 10, section 14, section 15, section 17, section 18, section 38, section 39 and the sections specified in subsection (4) of this section shall come into operation on such date as shall be appointed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the “appointed date”):

Provided that, prior to making such Order, the Minister shall be satisfied that the Preliminary Transfer Plan, the

National Electricity Policy, including the National Tariff

Policy, the Annual Power Procurement Plan and the Long

Term Power System Development Plan have been prepared, approved and are in place in accordance with the provisions of this Act:

Provided further, if no appointed date is published in the Gazette as required by this subsection even though the

Minister is satisfied that the requirements in the first proviso have been met, the provisions of this Act, other than the provisions of this section, section 2, section 3, section 4, section 9, subsection (1) of section 10, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 10, subsection (3) of section 10, subsection (5) of section 10, section 14, section 15, section 17, section 18, section 38, section 39 and the sections specified in subsection (4) of this section shall come into operation immediately upon the expiry of twelve months from the date on which the Bill becomes an Act of Parliament.

Provided that, the Orders required to be made in terms of subsection (4) shall be made before the expiry of a period of five years from the date on which the Bill becomes an Act of Parliament. If no Order has been made within this period of five years, the provisions of the sections referred to in subsection (4) shall be deemed to come into operation on the date on which the said period of five years expires:

Provided further, the Minister may, at any time within three months prior to the expiration of the said five years, with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers extend such period, by Order published in the Gazette for another period of one year at a time so however, the aggregate period of such extensions shall not exceed five years.