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Ancillary powers and provisions.
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4.—(1) An arrangement for mutual assistance may be entered into and carried into effect under this Act by an authorised undertaker or the owner of a generating station and a supply of electricity may be given under this Act to a consumer by the owner of a generating station notwithstanding anything to the contrary (other than provisions for the protection of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs) contained in any public, general, local, personal, or private Act (except the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1920) or in any provisional or other order.
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(2) Where an arrangement for mutual assistance has been entered into under this Act, the Minister (after consultation with the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs) may by order confer on all or any of the parties to the arrangement such specified powers (including powers of breaking up roads, streets, railways, and tramways) as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying the arrangement into effect.
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(3) Where the owner of a railway, tramway or other generating station agrees to supply electricity to a consumer under this Act, the Minister (after consultation with the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs) may by order confer on such owner such specified powers (including powers of breaking up roads, streets, railways, and tramways) as may be necessary for carrying such agreement into effect.
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(4) The provision of any capital required by a local authority which is an authorised undertaker for the purpose of carrying into effect an arrangement for mutual assistance entered into by such local authority under this Act shall be a purpose for which such local authority may borrow money under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1919.
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