No. 12/1945:

ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1945

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

1 Short title, collective citation, and construction.

2 Definitions.

3 Expenses.

PART II HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEMES

4 Preparation and approval of hydro-electric schemes.

5 Amendment of an approved scheme.

6 Execution of approved schemes.

7 Acquisition of land, etc., by the Board.

8 Entry on land, etc., before conveyance.

9 Deposited of maps, plans, etc.

10 Generation and distribution of electricity.

11 Protection of fisheries.

12 Power of Board to Prohibit navigation.

13 Right of the Board to information from rate books.

14 Exemption of works from rates.

PART III ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES

15 Acquisition of fisheries and fishing rights.

16 Preservation, management, etc., of fisheries by the Board.

17 Application of the income of the Board from fisheries.

18 Compensation to certain fishery employees and others.

19 Appointment of ex-officio members of boards of conservators.

20 Powers of certain officers and servants of the Board.

21 Closing of free gaps in weirs.

22 Variation of weekly close seasons.

23 Restriction on number of certain fishing licences.

24 Construction of fishing weirs by the Board.

25 Prohibition of snap nets.

PART IV COMPENSATION

26 Assessment of price or of compensation.

27 Time for claims for price or compensation.

28 Compensation for injury to a fishery.

29 Execution of works in lieu of compensation.

PART V PARTICULAR POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD

30 Construction, etc., of transport works by the Board.

31 Manufacture of electrical apparatus, etc., by the Board.

32 Purchase and sale of electricity outside the State.

33 Duties of the Board in regard to public roads and bridges.

34 Power of the Board to alter the levels of lakes, etc.

35 Powers and duties where acquired land is subject to a land purchase annuity, etc.

36 Acquisition of land in lieu of payment of compensation.

37 Power of the Board to employ contractors.

PART VI ADVANCES TO THE BOARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND

38 Advances to the Board by the Minister for Finance.

39 Provision of money for advances out of the Central Fund.

40 Repayment by the Board of advances out of the Central Fund.

PART VII MISCELLANEOUS

41 Provision of moneys for the electrification of rural areas.

42 Prohibition of discharge of corrosive matter.

43 General power of entry on land by the Board.

44 Protection of postal and telegraphic services.

45 Obligation of the Board to furnish reports and statistics.

46 Electric lines and the laying thereof.

47 Amendment of section 3 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1931.

48 Restrictions on compulsory acquisition of land held by the Board.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) ACTS, 1927 TO 1942, AND IN PARTICULAR TO AUTHORISE AND PROVIDE FOR THE PREPARATION AND EXECUTION BY THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD OF SCHEMES FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY BY HYDRAULIC POWER DERIVED FROM SUITABLE RIVERS (IN ADDITION TO THE SHANNON AND THE LIFFEY), THE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT BY THE SAID BOARD OF FISHERIES AND FISHING RIGHTS IN SUCH RIVERS, AND THE MAKING TO THE SAID BOARD OF GRANTS OF PUBLIC MONEYS FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF RURAL AREAS.

[31st March, 1945.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—