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Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 65 Cited in Amendments 64 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1979 c. 11
Year1979
(1) The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board established by section 1 of the Act of 1943 (in this Act referred to as “the North Board”) and the South of Scotland Electricity Board established by section 2 of the Act of 1954 (in this Act referred to as “the South Board”) shall continue in existence, and are referred to in this Act as “the Boards”.(2) Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to the constitution and proceedings of the Boards.A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or being a member of either of the Boards if he is an undischarged bankrupt or if he has granted a trust deed for behoof of creditors, or entered into a composition contract.A member of either of the Boards shall hold office for such term and on such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine at the time of his appointment, but may at any time resign his office by notice in writing given to the Secretary of StateAny member of either of the Boards shall, if he is interested in any company with which the Board has made or proposes to make any contract, disclose to the Board the fact and nature of his interest, and shall take no part in any deliberation or decision of the Board relating to that contract; and the disclosure shall be forthwith recorded in the minutes of the Board.Where any member of either of the Boards is absent from the meetings of the Board for more than 6 months consecutively, except for some reason approved by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall forthwith declare the office of that member to be vacant and thereupon the office shall become vacant.F9Each of the Boards shall be a body corporate and . . . F9shall have power to regulate their own procedure.Either of the Boards may act

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