Public Utilities (Amendment) Act 1997

1. This Act may be cited as the Public Utilities (Amendment) Act 1997. Amendment of section 6

2. Section 6 of the Public Utilities Ordinance (Cap. 83) is amended in subsection (1) by:- (a) repealing the word "Subsection" where it first appears and substituting the word "Subsections"; and (b) inserting after “(2)” the words “and (3)”.

3. Section 6 of the Public Utilities Ordinance (Cap. 83) is amended in subsection (3) by adding at the end of that subsection the following proviso:- "Provided that it shall not be an offence if the owner or occupier of any premises generates or distributes electricity within an Electricity Supply area for use in those premises where:- (a) the Board under normal circumstances supplies power to those premises; and (b) the Board is unable to supply Electricity to those premises during a period of time for any reason; or (c) following such a period of time, that person continues to generate or distribute electricity for any further period of time during which that person does not know that the Board has in the meantime restored the electricity supply to the premises." ------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC UTILITIES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Act amends the Public Utilities Ordinance (Cap. 83) to make it lawful within an Electricity supply area for persons to generate and distribute electricity to their premises during times when the Board is unable to supply power to those premises, without written permission from the Board. Michael N. Takawebwe file:///D/HTML/kir35368.htm[16.01.2025 08:02:50] Kiribati - Legislation - Public Utilities (Amendment) Act 1997 Attorney General 10 October 1997 CERTIFICATE OF THE SPEAKER OF THE MANEABA NI MAUNGATABU I certify that the above Act was on the 25th of November 1997 passed by the Maneaba ni Maungatabu on a Certificate of Urgency under section 68(3)(a) of the Constitution, Hon. Tekiree Tamuera Speaker of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu PUBLISHED BY EXHIBITION AT THE MANEABA NI MAUNGATABU THIS 30th DAY OF DECEMBER 1997 CLERK OF THE MANEABA NI MAUNGATABU file:///D/HTML/kir35368.htm[16.01.2025 08:02:50]