Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Act 2022

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Electricity

(Amendment) Act, No.16 of 2022.

s 2Replacement of section 8 of Act, No. 20 of 2009

Section 8 of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 20 of 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:-

8. Any person may participate in a bidding process for the generation of electricity.”.

s 3Amendment of section 9 of the principal enactment

Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following:-

“(1) Any person shall be eligible to apply for the issue of a generation licence to generate electricity.”; and

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (1A) thereof.

s 4Amendment of section 43 of the principal enactment

Section 43 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof ; and

“participating in a bidding process for the generation of electricity

(2)

in the proviso to subsection (4) thereof-

(a)

by the substitution for the words “any existing generation plant that is being developed:–”, of the words “any existing generation plant that is being developed or to be developed–”; and

(b)

in paragraph (a) thereof by the substitution for the words “to be operated at least cost;”, of the words

“to be operated at least cost; or”.

s 5Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.