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Ceylon Electricity Board Act (No. 17 of 1969) - Sect 26

Orders to give effect to transfer schemes

26.
(1) Where a voluntary transfer scheme has been approved by the Minister under this Act, the Minister shall prepare and publish in the Gazette, an Order, hereinafter in this Act referred to as a 'Voluntary transfer Order", embodying the provisions of such scheme and such other provisions as the Minister may deem necessary to give full force and effect to such scheme.
(2) Where a compulsory transfer scheme has been approved by the Minister under this Act, the Minister shall prepare and publish in the Gazette an Order, hereinafter in this Act referred to as a "compulsory transfer Order", embodying the provisions of such scheme and such other provisions as the Minister may deem necessary to give full force and effect to such scheme.
(3) A voluntary transfer Order may from time to time be amended, by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette, in such manner and to such extent as may, after prior consultation with the Minister of Local Government, be agreed upon by the Minister, the Board and the local authority in respect of whose electrical undertakings such Order was made, or, in CD the absence of such agreement, as may be decided upon a reference by the Minister to arbitration, as herein- after provided, of any matter which cannot be so agreed upon.
(4) The Minister, the Board and the local authority shall be bound by the decision given on any matter referred to arbitration under sub-section (3).
(5) A compulsory transfer Order may from time to time be amended by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette.
(6) Every Order made by the Minister under this section shall be brought before the Senate and the House of Representatives by a motion that such Order be approved. Where such Order is approved, notification of such approval shall be published in the Gazette. Every such Order shall come into force on the date of the publication of such notification of approval or on such later date as may be specified in the Order. Every such Order shall, on its coming into force, as herein before provided, be as valid and effectual as if it were herein enacted.


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