Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927

Certain general powers of the Board.

20.—(1) The Board may, subject to and in accordance with the particular provisions of this Act, distribute and supply electricity (whether generated or purchased by it) in any part of Saorstát Eireann either in bulk or to individual consumers and shall for the purposes of such distribution and supply have and be subject to all the rights, powers, obligations, and duties conferred or imposed by this Act on an authorised undertaker but the Board shall not under this sub-section distribute or supply electricity in bulk or otherwise to any person or premises within the area of supply of an authorised undertaker save either with the consent of such authorised undertaker or under and in accordance with a particular power in that behalf conferred on the Board by this Act.

(2) The Board may by special order constitute itself to be the authorised undertaker for any particular area specified in that behalf in such order which at the date of such order is not included in and does not include the whole or any part of the area of supply of an authorised undertaker and every such special order—

(a) may be modified or revoked by the Board as and when it thinks fit,

(b) shall continue in force and operation during the period specified in that behalf therein or, if no such period is so specified, until revoked by the Board,

(c) shall operate to confer on the Board the exclusive right to supply electricity in the area to which the order relates and to confer and impose on the Board in or in relation to such area and the generation, distribution, and supply of electricity by the Board therein all the rights and powers and all the obligations and duties conferred or imposed by this Act on an authorised undertaker in or in relation to his area of supply, save that where any such power is only exercisable with the consent of the Board the exercise of such power by the Board shall be sufficient evidence of its consent to such exercise.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act the Board may construct, re-construct, maintain, and operate electric generating stations, transformer stations and other stations and places for transforming, storing, or otherwise dealing with electricity and extend or enlarge the transmission system of the Shannon works and construct, re-construct, maintain, and operate such other lines and works as the Board may think fit.

(4) For the purpose of the exercise or performance of any of the powers or functions conferred on the Board by this Act, the Board may enter on any lands or premises and there make such inquiries, investigations, and examinations as it thinks proper.