HC Deb 22 December 1919 vol 123 cc1126-7

(1) It shall be the duty of every joint electricity authority, or district electricity board constituted under this Act, to provide or secure the provision of a cheap and abundant supply of electricity within their district, and for that purpose every such authority or board shall have such powers and duties as are conferred or imposed upon them respectively by the scheme under which they are constituted or by this Act with respect to—

  1. (a) the acquisition of generating stations;
  2. (b) the acquisition or user of main transmission lines of any authorised undertakers;
  3. (c) the supply of electricity within their district (including the construction of generating, stations, main transmission lines, and other works required for the purpose);
  4. (d) the acquisition of the undertakings or parts of the undertakings of authorised distributors and power companies;
and such powers incidental thereto, as are hereinafter mentioned, and every such authority or board shall comply with any general directions given to them by the Electricity Commissioners is to the exercise and performance of their powers and duties. (2) A joint electricity authority or a district electricity board may, with the approval of the Electricity Commissioners, establish or join with any other such authority or board in establishing a scheme for the payment of superannuation allowances and gratuities to any of their officers and servants who become incapable of discharging their duties by reason of permanent infirmity of body and mind or old age upon their resigning or otherwise ceasing to hold office, and the expenss incurred under any such scheme shall be treated as part of the expenses of the authority or board in carrying out their powers and duties under this Act.

Lords Amendments: In Sub-section (1), leave out the words "or district electricity board."—Agreed to.

Leave out the words "or board" ["every such authority or board."]— Agreed to.

Leave out the word "respectively" ["conferred or imposed upon them respectively"].—Agreed to.

Leave out the words (a) the acquisition of generating stations; (b) the acquisition or user of main transmission lines of any authorised undertakers.

—Agreed to.

In paragraph (d), leave out the word "distributors" ["undertakings of authorised distributors"], and insert instead thereof the word undertakers."—Agreed to.

Leave out the words "and power companies."—Agreed to.

Leave out the word "hereinafter ["as are hereinafter mentioned"], and insert instead thereof the words "in the scheme or in this Act."—Agreed to.

In Sub-section (1), leave out the words "or board "["or board shall comply"].—Agreed to.

In Sub-section (2), leave out the words or a district electricity board."—Agreed to.

Leave out the words "or board" [twice.]—Agreed to.