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# Electricity Act 1957

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Electricity Act 1957
1957 c.48
An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Central Electricity Authority and the establishment of a Central Electricity Generating Board and an Electricity Council, and for the transfer of functions of the said Authority to that Board or Council or to the Minister of Power; to make further provision as to other matters relating to the supply of electricity; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[17th July 1957]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 {#section-2}

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## 3 {#section-3}

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(2)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-439.}



## 40 {#section-40}

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## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-41}



## 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-42}



## 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-43}



## FIRST SCHEDULE—THIRD SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#schedule-1}



## FOURTH SCHEDULE Amendment and Adaptation of Enactments {#schedule-FOURTH}

Section 42.
Part I AMENDMENTS OF ELECTRICITY ACT, 1947
Section of Act | Amendment
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Part II . . .

## FIFTH SCHEDULE {#schedule-FIFTH}

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