Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Act 2013 · As enacted
16. Amendment of section 61 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 61 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “Central Environmental Authority”, of the following new definition :-
“Ceylon Electricity Board” means the Ceylon
Electricity Board established by the Ceylon
Electricity Board Act, No. 17 of 1969;”;
“Minister to ensure compliance.
in the definition of the expression “electrical plant”, by the substitution for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that definition, of the following paragraphs :—
“(a) an electrical line ; or
an electrical appliance under the control of a consumer;”;
in the definition of the expression “high voltage lines”, by the substitution for the words “not more than 33 kilovolts”, of the words “not less than 33
kilovolts”; and
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the word “notice”, of the following new definitions:—
“Power Purchase Agreement” means an agreement entered into by the transmission licensee with a generation licensee for the purchase of bulk electrical energy or bulk electricity generating capacity, exclusively for the purpose of selling electrical energy to distribution licensees;