This is an official version. Copyright © 2000: Queen's Printer, Important Information
Statutes of Newfoundland 1992 CHAPTER 6 AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT (Assented to April 13, 1992) Analysis 1. S.3.1 Added Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSN 1990 cP-47 1. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding immediately after section 3 the following: Exemption from Act 3.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 3, this Act does not apply to a public utility (a) which first engages in the generation of electricity from water after April 30, 1987; (b) whose total installed electrical generating capacity from water at each location within the province where it has equipment or facilities located is 15 megawatts or less; and (c) which sells the electricity generated from a location referred to in paragraph (b) to another public utility. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to (a) a corporation which is the holding company of a public utility regulated by this Act or a subsidiary, an affiliate or associate of that holding company; or (b) a subsidiary, an affiliate or associate of a public utility regulated by this Act. (3) In subsection (2) the word "associate" has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 2(1)(d) of the Corporations Act. (4) Sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Corporations Act apply to determine when a corporation is a subsidiary or an affiliate of another corporation for the purposes of subsection (2). ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |