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Acts & Ordinances SRI LANKA ELECTRICITY ACT Marginal Notes 1. Short title and dates of operation 2. Objects of the Act 3. Establishment of the National Electricity Advisory Council 4. Formulation of the national electricity policy and issue of policy guidelines 5. Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka to be the Regulator of the Electricity Industry 6. Register to be maintained by the Regulator 7. Powers of the Regulator to call for information 8. Electrical Inspectors 9. Eligibility for issue of the national system operator licence 10. Issue of licence to the National System Operator,the Board of Directors and functions 11. Procurement 12. captive generating plants and dedicated transmission lines 13. Open access 14. Eligibility to apply for national transmission network service provider licence 15. Responsibilities of the National Transmission Network Service Provider & c. 16. Transmission lines and grid substations 17. Incorporation of Limited Companies under the Companies Act, No. 07 of 2007 and the vesting therein of the restructured activities of the Ceylon Electricity Board 18. Preparation of the transfer plan 19. Unlicenced generation and distribution of electricity to be an offence 20. Eligibility to apply for a licence 21. Application for a licence and grant of licence 22. Assignment of licences 23. Modification or revocation of licences, and enforcement orders 24. Additional conditions for generation licensees 25. Additional conditions for a distribution licensees 26. Power to recover expenditure 27. Power to require security 28. Statutory exemptions 29. Tariffs 30. Establishment of the Wholesale Electricity Market 31. Policy guidelines relating to competition practices 32. Standard for supply of electricity 33. Standards of overall performance and efficient use of electricity 34. Information with respect to levels of performance 35. Annual Levy 36. Licence required for overhead and underground electricity lines 37. Acquisition of property for power generation and transmission projects 38. Establishment of the Power Sector Reforms Secretariat 39. Ceylon Electricity Board required to provide all data and information in its possession to the Power Sector Reforms Secretariat 40. Application of certain provisions of the Anti Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, to this Act 41. Extraction of electricity to be an offence 42. Improper use of electricity to be an offence 43. General penalty 44. Offences by bodies of persons 45. Powers of entry, inspection and search 46. Resolution of disputes 47. Consumer Affairs Authority Act not to apply 48. Rules 49. Orders 50. Regulations 51. Repeals and Transitional Provisions 52. Interpretation 53. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency