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| (1) Notwithstanding anything in the electricity law, the Board may within an area of authority-
| | (a) establish, maintain and operate such installations as may be necessary for the purpose of generating, transmitting and supplying electrical energy, and | | |
| | (b) sell such energy to any consumer or supplier, whether such consumer or supplier is a Government department, local authority, or any other person or body of persons. | | |
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| (2) For the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating any installation for the generation, transmission and supply of electrical energy, the Board shall have all the powers conferred on the Chief Engineer and Manager of the Department of Government Electrical Undertakings by or under the electricity law ; and the Board shall, in the exercise of those powers, comply with such provisions of that law as the aforesaid Chief Engineer and Manager is required by that law to comply with when exercising those powers. |
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| (3) The electricity law shall apply within an undeveloped area subject to the following modifications :-
| | (a) the Board shall be the authority who is empowered to issue licences and permits under the electricity law and who is generally responsible for the administration of that law. and accordingly every reference in that law to the Chief Engineer and Manager of the Department of Government Electrical Undertakings shall be deemed to be a reference to the Board; | | |
| | (b) the Board shall determine the fees to be Charged for the supply of electrical energy whether in bulk or by retail, and such fees shall be recovered in accordance with the electricity law and credited to the fund of the Board ; | | |
| | (c) the Board may, in any contract for the supply of electrical energy in bulk by the Board to any other supplier, impose such terms and conditions, including the rates of fees to be charged by the other supplier for the sale of electrical energy by retail to consumers, as it may deem necessary or desirable for the purpose of encouraging the use of electrical energy. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts