(1) There shall be established a Committee to be called the Energy Supply Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") .

(2) The Committee shall consist of the following :

(3)A member appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (2), shall hold office for the period of two years from the date of his appointment, unless he resigns his office by letter addressed to the Minister or, is removed from office by the Minister, in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Policy Development and Implementation, for reasons assigned.

(4)The quorum for any meeting of the Committee shall be six members and the Committee may regulate the procedure, in regard to the meetings of the Committee and the transaction of business at such meetings.

(a) to ensure an adequate supply of electrical energy, petroleum and other energy requirements ;

(b) to regulate the provision of electrical energy, the petroleum supply and the utilisation of other energy resources

(a)purchase or otherwise deal with

(b)deal in any manner with all forms of renewable energy resources ;

(c) purchase or otherwise deal with ancillary equipment such as electricity meters and prepare schemes for the purchase of such equipment by the private sector ;

(d) ensure the cost effectiveness of all aspects of the operations of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the Ceylon Electricity Board ;

(e)conserve energy and promote other energy resources ;

(f) take such measures as may be necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act.

(a) the preparation of a national plan to ensure an adequate supply of energy ;

(b) the preparation of a detailed statement on the availability of electrical energy and petroleum, and a programme for the use of such electrical energy and petroleum ;

(c) the discharge of functions in respect of licensing, regulatory and inspection measures provided for under this Act;

(d) tendering advise to the Government on all matters concerning the

(e)the collection and recording of information concerning the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and use of electrical energy and the distribution, supply and use of petroleum and petroleum products ;

(f)the supervision and issue of directives to

(g)the regulation the activities of persons of engaged in the

(h)taking such measures as may be necessary to ensure as far as possible the

(I)regulating and fixing tariffs and other charges from time to time for the supply of electricity;

(j)protecting the interests of consumers in relation to the supply of

(k)securing and ensuring that persons engaged in commercial organizations connected with the

(L) taking such measures as may be necessary to protect the public horn the dangers arising from the

(m) promoting the efficient use and conservation of electricity and petroleum and petroleum products,

(n) promoting the introduction and use of alternate and economical resources and methods of generation and producing electricity and other forms of electrical energy;

(o) the undertaking of any other activity referred to the Committee by the Cabinet of Minister as may be necessary for or conducive to the attainment of the objects of the Committee,

(p) the undertaking of all such incidental and ancillary activities as the Committee may consider necessary, and appropriate for the effective discharge of any of its functions under this Act

(1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Committee, appoint a person as the Energy Regulator of the Committee, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Committee.

(2)The Cabinet of Ministers shall determine the qualifications that any person to be appointed as the Energy Regulator should possess, and the terms and conditions subject of which, such person may be appointed and the salary and other allowances that may be paid to such Energy Regulator.

(3)The Committee shall, delegate to the Energy Regulator such powers as it considers necessary.

(4)The Energy Regulator may, with the approval of the Committee, whenever he considers it necessary to do so, delegate to any person, whose services have been obtained under section 10 of this Act, any power, function or duty conferred or imposed on or assigned to him by this Act. And such person shall exercise, discharge and perform such power, function or duty, subject to the general or special directions of the Energy Regulator.

(1) The Cabinet of Ministers shall

(2) The Committee shall for the implementation of the provisions of this Act, appoint such officers and servants as may be necessary, to the staff of the Committee, and the disciplinary control of such officers and servants shall vest in the Committee.

(1) Where any movable property is required for the purposes of this Act, the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, may, by an Order (hereinafter referred to as a "Requisition Order"), requisition with effect, from such date as is specified in such Order, the movable property specified in the Order.

(2)A Requisition Order made under subsection (1), shall have the effect of authorizing the Secretary, to take possession of the properly specified in the Order, and hand over such property to the Committee, to be used for the purposes of the Act.

(3)Any property requisitioned by the Secretary under subsection (1), may be derequisitioned by an Order (hereinafter referred to as an "Derequisition Order") by such Secretary with effect from such dale as shall be specified in such Order

(4)

(1) The Energy Regulator shall enter into contracts, for and on behalf of the Committee, in the exercise and discharge of the Committee's powers and functions and such contracts, shall be performed by the Committee, as if it were a body corporate.

(2) All actions in relations to the exercise of its powers or discharge of its functions, shall be brought by or against the Committee, as it were a body corporate

(1) Any person found guilty of an offence under this Act, shall be liable, on conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate to imprisonment of either description for a Period not exceeding five years or to a line not exceeding ten million rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine.

(2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons then-

shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence:

Provided that a director or an officer of such body corporate of a partner of such firm shall not be deemed to be guilty of such offence, if the director, officer of partner proves that such offence was not committed with the knowledge of the director, officer or partner, or that the director, officer or partner exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence

(1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of matters required by this Act to be prescribed, or in respect of which regulations are authorized to be made .

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1) regulations may be made in respect of any of all of the following matters :-

(3)Every regulation made by the Minister shall, be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on date of such publication or on such later date as may specified in the regulation.

(4)Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the dale of such disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

(5)Notification of the date on which any regulation is deemed to he rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.

(1) The Committee shall, as soon as possible, after the end of each financial year of the Committee, make available to the Minister a report, on the exercise and performance by the Committee, of its powers and functions during that year and on its plans and programmes. Such report shall set out any direction given by the Minister to the Committee during that year.

(2)The Committee shall, transmit the report to the Minister and the Minister shall cause such report to be laid before Parliament.

(3)The Committee shall cause the report to be printed at the expense of the Committee and to be made available for purchase by the public, at such price as shall be determined by the Committee.

(1) The Committee shall prior to granting approval for any project relating to the-

(2) The Committee shall, after consulting the Minister and having given due consideration to the matters contained in the report of the Central Environmental Authority, grant approval for any project referred to in subsection (1).

(1)The powers relating to licensing in respect of the supply of electrical energy under section 2 to section 11 of the electricity Act, as amended from time to time, shall, from and after the appointed date and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said Act, be exercised by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the said sections and the Minister shall not exercise any power under such sections, so long as this Act is in operation and any reference to the "Minister" in such sections or any regulation made thereunder shall unless the context otherwise requires be read and construed as a reference to the "Committee".

(2)The Committee shall, in the exercise of its powers under subsection (1), be subject to the special or general directions of the Minister.

(a) exercise one or more of the rights vested in the Petroleum Corporation established by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act. under sections 5B, 5C, 5D, and 34A ; or

(b) exercise any one or more of me powers or special powers conferred on the Minister or the Board of Directors as the case may be. under sections 5B, 5E 5F, 5G, 5H, 5I and 42 of the aforesaid Act,

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Ceylon Electricity Board Act, the Electricity Act, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act, and the Petroleum Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act, the Committee shall have the power, with the concurrence of the Minister, to issue special directions as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on the Committee under sections, 23, 24, 25 or 26 as the case may be, to

(2) It shall be the duly of every person, to whom any direction has been issued under subsection (1), to comply with such direction.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Ceylon Electricity Board Act or in any contract or agreement entered into under the provisions of the aforesaid Act, the Committee shall have power to adopt special procedure in the imposition of tariffs or other charges in the interests of national economy and in view of the necessity to take expeditious measures for the effective exercise of the powers and lights of the Committee

(2) Special procedure may be adopted for the imposition of tariffs or other charges as shall be prescribed

"Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law " means the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law, No 4 of 1978 ;

"Ceylon Electricity Act" means the Ceylon Electricity Act, (Chapter 205)

"Ceylon Electricity Board Act" means the Ceylon Electricity Board Act No 17 of 1969,

"Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act" means the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act, No 28 of 1961 ,

"Code of Criminal Procedure Act" means the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979 ;

"electrical energy" means energy which is generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose other than the transmission of a message ;

"National Environmental Act" means the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980 ;

"Nuisances Ordinance" means the Nuisances Ordinance (Chapter 230);

"Penal Code" means the Penal Code (Chapter 19);

"person" includes any body of persons, corporate or unincorporate ;

"petroleum" means petroleum and includes any product, or by-product which may be derived, purchased, prepared, developed, compounded, made, or manufactured, from hydro-carbons or hydro-carbon compounds, and any inorganic and natural or synthetic organic compound or mixture which has been used or is being used or is intended to be used as agricultural chemicals of whatever description for the purpose of destroying, inhibiting or controlling the action of plant or animal pest and fungus growth and to increase the productivity and quality of plant life ;

"petroleum product" means petrol, kerosene, auto diesel, heavy Diesel, furnace oil, liquid petroleum gas or aviation turbine fuel ;

"Petroleum Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act" means Petroleum Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act, No. 34 of 1979.

"Minister" means the Minister in charge of the subject of Power and Energy.