Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1934

Execution of works in lieu of compensation.

7.—(1) Where a person is entitled, actually or prospectively, to compensation in respect of anything lawfully done or intended to be done by the Board under this Act, the Board may execute for the benefit of such person such works as the Board thinks proper, and such person agrees to accept in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of his claim for such compensation.

(2) The Board may attach to the execution of any works under this section such terms and conditions (including terms as to the ownership, possession, and control of such works) as may be agreed on by the Board and the person for whose benefit the works are so executed.

(3) The Minister for Local Government and Public Health may, after consultation with the Board, declare that any particular works executed under this section shall be exempt, either permanently or for a limited time, from assessment for poor rate and also from assessment for any other rate made by a local authority, and whenever any such order is made the works to which such order relates shall be exempt from rates in accordance with such order.