Liffey Reservoir Act, 1936

PART III.

Powers and Duties of the Board.

Power of the Board to generate electricity.

6.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Board—

(a) to generate electricity by means of hydraulic power derived from the waters of the River Liffey impounded and made available for that purpose by means of the reservoir to be constructed by the Board in pursuance of the Scheduled Agreement, and

(b) to construct, maintain, and operate such power stations, subsidiary reservoirs, aqueducts, and other works of whatsoever kind as shall from time to time be necessary (directly or indirectly) in the opinion of the Board for the generation of electricity in pursuance of the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section, and

(c) to transmit the electricity generated under this sub-section to such places and in such manner as shall, in the opinion of the Board, be requisite for making such electricity available for the purposes mentioned in the next following sub-section of this section.

(2) The electricity (in this sub-section referred to as Liffey electricity) generated under the next preceding sub-section of this section shall be used and applied by the Board for all or any of the purposes for which electricity (in this sub-section referred to as Shannon electricity) generated by means of the Shannon works or in any generating station for the time being operated by the Board under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 (No. 27 of 1927), and the Acts amending or extending that Act may be used or applied by the Board, and Liffey electricity may be so used in conjunction with, in addition to, or independently of Shannon electricity, and for those purposes the Board shall have and may exercise in relation to Liffey electricity all or any of the powers for the time being vested in the Board in relation to the transmission, distribution, supply and sale of Shannon electricity, and in particular any part or parts of the transmission system or of any distribution system now or hereafter owned or constructed by the Board for the transmission or distribution (as the case may be) of Shannon electricity may be used for the transmission or distribution of Liffey electricity and any part or parts of the transmission system or any distribution system hereafter constructed by the Board for the transmission or distribution (as the case may be) of Liffey electricity may be used for the transmission or distribution of Shannon electricity.