Electricity (Supply) Act 1927
Exercise of power to break up roads, etc.
52.—(1) The Board shall not break up any road without previous consultation with the local authority in whose district such road is situate and shall not break up any railway or tramway without previous consultation with the Minister.
(2) No order authorising an authorised undertaker to break up any road shall be made by the Board under this Act without previous consultation with the local authority in whose district such road is situate, and no order authorising an authorised undertaker to break up any railway or tramway shall be made by the Board under this Act without previous consultation with the Minister.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C58
Application of subs. (1) extended (14.07.1999) by Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (23/1999), s. 48, S.I. No. 213 of 1999.
Construction of sections 51 and 52(1) of Principal Act.
48.—The power to lay electric lines conferred on the Board by section 51 and section 52(1) of the Principal Act may, with the consent of the Commission, also be exercised by the holder of an authorisation or the holder of a direct line permission under section 37 and the said section 51 and 52(1) shall apply to the holder of an authorisation or the holder of a direct line permission under the said section 37 in like manner as they apply to the Board.
C59
References to "road" construed (7.06.1935) by Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1935 (20/1935), s. 3, commenced on enactment.
Amendment of section 52 of the Principal Act.
3.—(1) Section 52 of the Principal Act shall be construed and have effect and be deemed always to have had effect as if the word “road” included a street.
(2) No action taken or order made by the Board under section 52 of the Principal Act before the passing of this Act which is rendered legal solely by virtue of the amendment of the said section 52 effected by this section shall be invalidated by reason merely of the omission of such previous consultation by the Board with the local authority as is required by the relevant sub-section of the said section 52 as so amended.