Tuvalu Electricity Corporation Act
2008 Revised Edition
CAP. 32.20
TUVALU ELECTRICITY CORPORATION
ACT
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TUVALU ELECTRICITY CORPORATION ACT
Arrangement of Sections
Section
PART I - PRELIMINARY 5
1 Short title................................................................................................................ 5
2 Interpretation.......................................................................................................... 5
PART II - ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 6
3 Establishment of Corporation ................................................................................ 6
4 Functions of corporation ........................................................................................ 6
5 Declaration of supply areas.................................................................................... 6
6 Corporation sole right to supply electricity............................................................ 6
7 Powers of corporation ............................................................................................ 7
8 Powers of entry to inspect installation equipment and read meters ....................... 7
9 Additional powers.................................................................................................. 8
10 Ministerial directions ............................................................................................. 8
PART III - BOARD, MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES 8
11 Board...................................................................................................................... 8
12 Constitution of Board............................................................................................. 9
13 Acting Directors..................................................................................................... 9
14 Chairman and Deputy Chairman ......................................................................... 10
15 Meetings of Board ............................................................................................... 10
16 Disclosure of interest ........................................................................................... 10
17 Management......................................................................................................... 11
18 Officers and staff ................................................................................................. 12
PART IV - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 12
19 Funds and property of corporation....................................................................... 12
20 Vesting of Government assets etc in corporation ................................................ 12
21 Commercial conduct of business ......................................................................... 13
22 Profits................................................................................................................... 13
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23 Reserve fund.........................................................................................................13
24 Financial year .......................................................................................................13
25 Estimates ..............................................................................................................13
26 Annual reports and accounts etc...........................................................................14
26A Corporate Plans ....................................................................................................14
26B Contents of Corporate Plans.................................................................................14
26C Presentation of Corporate Plans to Minister.........................................................15
26D Notification of certain matters..............................................................................15
27 Audit.....................................................................................................................15
PART V - MISCELLANEOUS 16
28 Service of notices .................................................................................................16
29 Application for compensation ..............................................................................16
30 Non-liability for reasonable failure to supply ......................................................16
31 Equipment not to be subject to distress ................................................................17
32 Dangerous and dishonest tampering.....................................................................17
33 Other offences ......................................................................................................17
34 Compensation.......................................................................................................17
35 Obstructing corporation........................................................................................18
36 Regulations...........................................................................................................18
Supporting Documents
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TUVALU ELECTRICITY CORPORATION ACT
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
INCORPORATION OF THE TUVALU ELECTRICITY CORPORATION;
AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES1
Commencement [20 December 1990]
PART I - PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Tuvalu Electricity Corporation Act.2
2 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Tuvalu Electricity Corporation
established under section 11;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 14;
“Corporation” means the Tuvalu Electricity Corporation established by
section 3(1);
“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Board appointed
under section 14;
“Director” means a Director of the Board;
“General Manager” means the General Manager of the Corporation
appointed under section 17(3)
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PART II - ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
3 Establishment of Corporation
(1) There is established by this Act a corporation to be called the Tuvalu
Electricity Corporation.
(2) The corporation —
(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession;
(b) shall have a common seal;
(c) subject to section 5 (restriction of alienation of native land) of the
Native Lands Act, may acquire, hold and dispose of property of every
description;
(d) may sue or be sued in its corporate name; and
(e) may do anything which a body corporate may lawfully do and perform
which is necessary or helpful to carry out its functions.
4 Functions of corporation
The Corporation shall carry on the general business of supplying electricity either
for sale or otherwise.
5 Declaration of supply areas
The Minister taking into account the advice of the Board of Directors may by notice
declare any part of Tuvalu to be an electricity supply area.
6 Corporation sole right to supply electricity
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Corporation, acting for and on behalf of the
Government, shall have the sole and exclusive right to supply electricity for
sale within any supply area.
(2) Where the Corporation is unable to provide a reasonable supply of electricity
to any person or in any part of a supply area or in any other particular case or
circumstance, he may license such person as he may consider fit and suitable
to supply electricity for sale to any person or in any part of a supply area upon
such conditions as may be prescribed in any such licence.
(3) Any person generating, distributing and supplying electricity in a supply area
for sale contrary to subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable to a fine of $500.
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7 Powers of corporation
(1) In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Corporation by this Act, the
Corporation and any persons acting under its powers and directions may do
all or any of the following —
(a) enter, survey and take levels of any land or any part thereof, and also
dig, cut, remove and carry away from any such land any earth, stone,
soil and gravel whatever, and any trees or timber suitable for the
construction, maintenance or alteration of any works or for any purpose
in connection with the supply of electricity under this Act;
(b) erect and maintain in or upon any land such works, posts, stay-wires,
poles or pillars, and lay, attach, place and maintain on, under or over
any land wires, lines, conduits, apparatus or other appliances and things
necessary for the supply of electricity and take such other action as may
be necessary to render and maintain the supply of electricity safe and
efficient;
(c) cut and remove from any land any tree or vegetation as may in any way
affect or interfere with, or be likely to affect or interfere with, the safe
and efficient supply of electricity;
(d) open or break up any roads:
Provided that the same shall be repaired and re-laid by the Corporation
when any necessary work has been completed;
(e) cause lamp-posts, lamp-irons, insulating material, brackets, stays or
other apparatus to be put up or fixed upon any land in such places and
manner as may be required, and cause such number of lamps of such
sizes and types to be put and affixed to such lamp-irons, lamp-posts and
brackets as may be deemed necessary, and cause the same to be lighted
during such hours as may be deemed necessary.
(2) Before doing any act in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1)
the Corporation shall, except in cases of urgency which involve risk of injury
or damage to persons or property, give 7 days’ prior notice to the owner or
occupier of the land which is, or is likely to be affected, stating as fully and
accurately as possible the nature and extent of the acts intended to be done,
and such notice shall also be copied to the council concerned, and shall be
publicized for the benefit of the public.
(3) Within 1 day from receipt of such notice the owner or occupier of such land
may appeal against the proposals of the Corporation to the Minister whose
decision shall be final.
8 Powers of entry to inspect installation equipment and read meters
Any person authorised in writing by the Corporation may at all reasonable times
enter any premises to which electricity is or has been supplied by the Corporation in
order to inspect electric lines, meters, apparatus and works and for the purpose of
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ascertaining the quantity of electricity consumed or supplied, or removing money
from any coin meter or, where a supply of electricity is no longer required or where
the Corporation desires to take away and cut off the supply of electricity from any
premises, for the purpose of removing all lines, works and apparatus laid, placed or
erected by the Corporation.
9 Additional powers
In addition to any other powers conferred on it by this Act the corporation shall have
power —
(a) to do in Tuvalu either alone or jointly with any other organization or
person, all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in
connection with or consequential on any of its powers or functions;
(b) to make such charges for its services under this Act as the Minister, on
the advice of the Board may approve; and
(c) to undertake such other activities in furtherance of its functions as the
Minister may, after consultation with the Board of Directors, allow by
order.
10 Ministerial directions
In carrying out its powers, duties and functions under this Act the Corporation shall
act in accordance with any policy directions (not inconsistent with this Act) in the
national interest given to it from time to time in writing by the Minister after taking
into account the views of the Board of Directors.
PART III - BOARD, MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
11 Board
(1) There shall be a Board of Directors of the Corporation which —
(a) is the governing body of the Corporation with authority, in the name of
the Corporation, to exercise and perform the powers, duties and
functions of the corporation under this Act; and
(b) shall, subject to this Act, be responsible for the policy, control and
management of the Corporation.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Board to ensure that the policy of the Corporation is
directed towards the national interest.
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12 Constitution of Board
(1) The Board shall consist of Directors who shall be —
(a) ex-officio the Secretary of the Ministry for the time being responsible
for the administration of this Act; and
(b) not more than four other Directors appointed by the Minister.
(2) Directors shall be appointed for a period to be determined by the Minister but
shall be eligible for reappointment.
(3) No person shall be eligible for appointment as a Director, who —
(a) is a Member of Parliament;
(b) is an officer or employee of the corporation;
(c) has been declared bankrupt or insolvent by a court in Tuvalu or
elsewhere and has not received his discharge;
(d) is found lunatic or becomes of unsound mind; or
(e) has been convicted anywhere of an offence involving dishonesty.
(4) A Director may resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Minister.
(5) With exception of an ex-officio Director the Minister shall by notice terminate
the appointment of a Director if —
(a) the Director is without the prior written permission of the Chairman
absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Board;
(b) in relation to the Director any circumstances arise which, if he were not
a Director, would make him ineligible for appointment
under subsection (3).
(6)
(a) Except for an ex-offico Director the Minister, after consultation with
the Board, may for any reason other than those specified in sections
12(5)(a) and (b) above by notice terminate the appointment of any
Director but shall inform that Director of the reasons for so doing.
(b) A Director shall not be entitled to compensation for loss of office.
(7) Directors other than public officers shall be paid by the corporation such fees
and allowances as may be determined by the Board and approved by the
Minister.
13 Acting Directors
(1) If the Minister is satisfied that a Director of the Corporation is incapacitated
by illness, absence, or other sufficient cause from performing the duties of his
office, the Minister may appoint a person to act for that Director during his
incapacity.
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(2) An acting Director appointed under this section is, while he acts as such,
deemed for all purposes to be a Director of the Corporation.
14 Chairman and Deputy Chairman
(1) The Minister shall appoint two of the Directors to be Chairman and Deputy
Chairman respectively of the Board for such periods as the Minister
determines but such an appointment shall cease immediately on the Chairman
or Deputy Chairman ceasing to be a Director.
(2) The Chairman or Deputy Chairman may resign his appointment by giving
notice in writing to the Minister.
(3) The Minister may by notice terminate the appointment of the Chairman or
Deputy Chairman but shall inform him of his reasons for so doing.
15 Meetings of Board
(1) The Board shall meet as often as the business of the Corporation may require
but not less frequently than once in every 2 months.3
(2) Board meetings shall be at such times and places as the Board shall determine
or as the Chairman, or, in his absence the Deputy Chairman, shall direct.
(3) The Chairman or, in his absence the Deputy Chairman, shall be chairman at
meetings of the Board and in the absence of both the Chairman and the
Deputy Chairman from any meeting or any part of a meeting one of the other
Directors shall be appointed by the Board at or during the meeting to be
chairman of that meeting or part of a meeting.
(4) Three Directors shall form a quorum at a meeting of the Board.
(5) Each Director shall have one vote.
(6) Questions arising at a Board meeting shall be resolved by a simple majority of
the votes of the Directors present and voting except that in the event of an
equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting or part of a meeting shall have
a second or casting vote.
(7) The General Manager shall, unless otherwise directed by the Board or given
leave of absence in writing by the Chairman of the Board, be present at all
meetings of the Board but shall not be entitled to any vote.
16 Disclosure of interest
(1) Where a Director has any interest, direct or indirect, in any matter before the
Board he shall fully disclose that interest to the Board —
(a) at any meeting during the course of which he becomes aware of the
relevant facts; or
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(b) at the first meeting after he becomes aware of the relevant fact.
(2) After a Director has under subsection (1) disclosed any interest in any matter
before the Board, he shall not take part in any further deliberation or in any
decision of the Board on that matter:
Provided that the holding of any such interest shall not disqualify the
interested Director for the purpose of constituting a quorum at any meeting or
part of a meeting.
17 Management
(1) The chief executive of the corporation shall be the General Manager who shall
be responsible to the Board for the effective operation of the day to day
activities of the corporation including supervision and direction of the staff of
the Corporation.
(2) In exercise of his functions under this Act the General Manager shall act in
accordance with such directions as he may, from time to time, receive from
the Board.
(3) The General Manager shall be appointed by the Board with the approval of
the Minister.
(4) The General Manager shall hold office for a period not to exceed 3 years on
such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board, subject to the
approval of the Minister.
(5) The General Manager is eligible for reappointment.
(6) The General Manager shall devote the whole of his services to the
Corporation and shall not while holding office, without the approval of
the Minister —
(a) receive any remuneration from any office or any employment other
than with the corporation;
(b) hold any other office or employment, whether for remuneration or not,
except as a nominee of the Corporation.
(7) Where the General Manager is prevented by illness, absence from Tuvalu or
any other cause from exercising his functions as General Manager, the Board
with the approval of the Minister may appoint an acting General Manager
who shall act as the General Manager until the General Manager is able to
resume his functions.
(8) The Board may by written resolution authorise a Director, the General
Manager or another officer of the corporation to act, to enter into contracts
and to sign instruments and documents, all on behalf of the Corporation.
(9) The General Manager shall be paid by the Corporation such salary and
allowances as are determined by the Board and approved by the Minister.
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18 Officers and staff
(1) The Board shall appoint, employ or dismiss such other officers and staff as
may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of or in connection with the
business of the Corporation under this Act on such terms and conditions as the
Board may determine.
(2) The Board may provide for the training, career development and discipline of
the officers and staff of the Corporation.
(3) The officers and staff shall be under the administrative control of the General
Manager subject to any directions given to him by the Board.
PART IV - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
19 Funds and property of corporation
The funds and property of the Corporation shall consist of —
(a) money appropriated by an Appropriation Act and paid to
the Corporation;
(b) rights, interests, assets or liabilities of the Government vested in the
Corporation under section 20;
(c) all moneys received by the Corporation for goods or services provided
under this Act;
(d) money paid to the Corporation by way of grants, subsidies, donations,
loans, rent and repayments of principal or interest;
(e) money from the sale of property held by or on behalf of
the Corporation;
(f) sums due on any investment made by the Corporation;
(g) other money and property lawfully received by the corporation for the
purposes of the corporation; and
(h) accumulations of income derived from any money or property of the
Corporation.
20 Vesting of Government assets etc in corporation
At the commencement of this Act, the rights, interests, assets and liabilities of the
Government formerly managed by the Tuvalu Electricity Authority shall transfer to
and vest in the Corporation.
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21 Commercial conduct of business
The Corporation shall conduct its business in accordance with prudent commercial
principles and shall ensure so far as possible that its revenue is sufficient both to
meet its expenditure properly chargeable to revenue and to derive a profit.
22 Profits
(1) The net profits of the Corporation in any financial year shall be determined by
the Board after allowing for the expenses of operation during that year and
making such provisions for depreciation, repayment of any advances, a credit
to the reserve fund under section 23(1), and such contingencies and other
purposes as are usually made by public electricity authorities.
(2) The net profits of the Corporation in any financial year shall be allocated as
the Board, with the approval of the Minister, determines.
23 Reserve fund
(1) The Corporation shall have a reserve fund which shall consist of such sums as
are placed to the credit of the reserve fund as the Board, with the approval of
the Minister, determines.
(2) There may be transferred from time to time from the reserve fund to the
working capital of the Corporation such sums as the Board, with the approval
of the Minister, determines.
24 Financial year
(1) The financial year of the Corporation shall end on 31st December in
each year.
(2) The Minister may amend subsection (1) by order.
25 Estimates
(1) For each financial year the Board shall prepare and submit to the Minister for
his approval, not later than such date as the Minister directs, estimates of the
income and expenditure of the Corporation, including its capital budget, for
the coming financial year and for any longer period required by the Minister.
(2) The Board shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of account of its
income, expenditure, assets and liabilities.
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26 Annual reports and accounts etc
(1) The Board shall as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year and
in any event not later than 6 months from the end of the financial year,
prepare —
(a) a report on the operations of the Corporation during that year; and
(b) accounts and financial statements, in the appropriate forms, in respect
of that year.
(2) The report prepared under paragraph (1)(a) shall —
(a) include of the financial performance and effectiveness of the
Corporation as judged by performance measures that are relevant to the
electricity industry in Tuvalu and are prescribed by the Minister by
notice; and
(b) be submitted to the Minister as soon as practicable after it is prepared.4
(3) The initial performance measures referred to in paragraph (2)(a) shall be
prescribed by the Minister by notice no later than 31 August, 1996.5
26A Corporate Plans6
(1) The Board shall prepare corporate plans.
(2) The first corporate plans —
(a) shall be for a period of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years;
and
(b) shall be prepared and submitted to the Minister no later than 30
September, 1996.
(3) Each subsequent corporate plan shall be for a period of not less than 3 years
and not more than 5 years, beginning immediately after the period of the
previous corporate plan.
(4) The Board may review and revise a corporate plan at any time.
26B Contents of Corporate Plans7
Each corporate plan prepared under Corporate Plans section 26A shall —
(a) set out the objectives of the Corporation;
(b) outline the overall strategies and policies that the Corporation will
follow to achieve its objectives and discharge its functions;
(c) include a forecast of the revenue and expenditure of the Corporation,
including capital expenditure;
(d) include such performance indicators and targets as the Board considers
appropriate;
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(e) summarise aid-funded assistance received and planned; and
(f) include such other matters as may be prescribed by the Minister.
26C Presentation of Corporate Plans to Minister8
(1) As soon as practicable after the Board prepares or revises a corporate plan it
shall submit a copy of the corporate plan to the Minister.
(2) Not later than 90 days after receipt of a corporate plan the Minister may direct
the Board to review and revise the corporate plan in accordance with
government policies and priorities as communicated by the Minster to the
Board.
26D Notification of certain matters9
If the Board forms the opinion that matters have arisen which may —
(a) prevent, or significantly affect, the achievement of the objectives in a
corporate plan;
(b) significantly affect the strategies and policies that are to be followed under the
corporate plan; or
(c) prevent or significantly affect the forecasts of revenue and expenditure under
a corporate plan,
the Board must immediately notify the Minister of its opinion and of the reasons for
that opinion.
27 Audit
(1) The Auditor-General shall inspect and audit and report at least once in every
financial year to Parliament on the accounts finances and property of the
corporation.
(2) The Auditor-General shall satisfy himself —
(i) that the accounts of the Corporation have been properly prepared in
accordance with generally accepted international accounting principles
taking into consideration the requirement for good stewardship and
developing practices with respect to the reporting of public finances;
(ii) that expenditure has been incurred with due regard to economy and the
avoidance of waste,
and in his report he shall state —
(a) whether the accounts and statements have been properly prepared in
accordance with the books and records of the Corporation and give a
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true and fair view of the financial operations and the current financial
position of the corporation;
(b) whether the books and records of the Corporation have been properly
kept and contain information adequate for the purposes of the audit;
(c) whether the financial affairs of the Corporation have been properly
conducted; and
(d) all other matters arising out of the accounts and statements which he
considers should be made known to the Minister and to Parliament.
PART V - MISCELLANEOUS
28 Service of notices
Any notice or other document required to be served under this Act may be served
either personally or by registered post:
Provided that when a person to be served cannot, after reasonable enquiry, be found
or is out of Tuvalu it shall be deemed sufficient service to affix the notice on the
land to which it relates.
29 Application for compensation
(1) In the exercise of the powers given by section 7 the Corporation shall do as
little damage as may be and shall make full compensation for any damage or
loss sustained by reason or in consequence of the exercise of such powers:
Provided that no compensation shall be due for any act done in maintaining or
repairing the system for the supply of electricity, if compensation with respect
to such act has already been paid or agreed to be paid when installing the
system.
(2) If any dispute arises concerning the amount or application of compensation, it
may be determined by civil action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
30 Non-liability for reasonable failure to supply
No liability shall be incurred for any damage to persons or property by reason of any
partial or total failure of the supply of electricity which may be due to unavoidable
accident, fair wear and tear, overloading due to the unauthorised connection of
apparatus, or to the reasonable requirements of the system for the supply of
electricity.
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31 Equipment not to be subject to distress
Any electric lines, meters, works or apparatus whatsoever placed in or upon any
premises for the supply of electricity, and not belonging to the consumer, shall not
be subject to distress nor be liable to be taken in execution under any process of a
court or under any proceedings in bankruptcy or insolvency against the consumer.
32 Dangerous and dishonest tampering
(1) Any person who —
(a) so tampers with any part of an installation as to cause, or to be likely to
cause, danger to any person or to property shall be liable to a fine of
$300 and to imprisonment for 18 months;
(b) dishonestly tampers with any meter, or with any part of an installation
related to a meter, so as to prevent the meter from recording correctly
the true amount of electricity supplied shall be liable to a fine of $50
and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(2) Where there has been any tampering with a meter or with any part of an
installation related to a meter, such tampering shall be prima facie evidence of
a dishonest tampering, and the consumer using the meter shall be deemed to
have abetted the offence, whether the principal offender has been identified or
not, unless he satisfies the court that the offence was committed without his
participation or connivance and that he had taken all reasonable precautions to
prevent the commission of the offence.
33 Other offences
Any person who, wilfully or negligently —
(a) causes electricity to be diverted from its proper course or to be wasted;
(b) breaks, throws down, causes to fall or damages any electric line, any
post, or any apparatus connected with the supply of electricity;
(c) extinguishes, removes, destroys or damages any public lamp or street
light,
shall be liable to a fine of $300 and to imprisonment for 18 months.
34 Compensation
Where any person is convicted of any offence under sections 32 to 33 the court may,
in addition to any penalty which may be imposed, order him to pay full
compensation for the damage he may have done, and such order may be enforced as
if it were a judgment in a civil action or suit.
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35 Obstructing corporation
Any person who unlawfully obstructs or impedes the Corporation or any persons
acting under its powers and directions in the exercise of their powers and duties
under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $50 and to
imprisonment for 3 months.
36 Regulations
The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of the objects and
purposes of this Act including any of the following matters —
(a) in respect only of supply areas —
(i) the procedure for the supply and use of electricity and the
incidence of the charges in respect of the cost of connecting
consumer's premises with the mains;
(ii) the fixing and levying of charges in respect of electricity supplied
by the corporation and of the fees payable in respect of the
inspection, testing and maintenance of consumers’ installations
and apparatus, and in respect of any other services properly
rendered on account of consumers;
(iii) the terms and conditions on which electricity will be supplied,
and the conditions for the discontinuance of supply;
(iv) the standards of construction and the condition of repairs of any
premises to which electricity is to be supplied;
(v) the methods of wiring of premises, the types of apparatus that
may be used, and such other matters as may appear expedient;
(vi) the minimum return to be guaranteed by persons in any sparsely
populated or outlying area before supplying them with
electricity;
(b) in respect of any part of Tuvalu to which such regulations may be
applied, as therein specified —
(i) the testing and licensing of persons who are competent to carry
out the duties of electricians in respect of electrical installations
in any premises;
(ii) the licensing of contractors who are equipped and competent to
undertake contracts for electrical installations in any premises;
(iii) the prohibition of persons who are not licensed as required by
any regulations made under this section, from carrying out
electrical work or undertaking contracts for electrical
installations;
(iv) the standards of materials and workmanship of any electrical
installation or appliance;
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(v) ensuring the safety of persons and property in the supply or use
of electricity.
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ENDNOTES
1 1990 Revised Edition, Cap. 41 - Act 7 of 1990
Amended by Act 4 of 1991, commencement 1 June 1991, (by Act 4 of 2009)
Amended by Act 2 of 1996, commencement 15 April 1996, (by Act 4 of 2009)
2 This Act was enacted with the name Tuvalu Electricity Authority Corporation Act and by Act 4 of
1991. The name and all references was changed throughout to delete the word “Authority” and it
was further provided in section 3 of Act 4 of 1991 that “Any reference in any document or
elsewhere to Tuvalu Electricity Authority or to Tuvalu Electricity Authority Corporation shall be
deemed to be a reference to Tuvalu Electricity Corporation”
3 Amended by Act 2 of 1996
4 Inserted by Act 2 of 1996
5 Inserted by Act 2 of 1996
6 Inserted by Act 2 of 1996
7 Inserted by Act 2 of 1996
8 Inserted by Act 2 of 1996
9 Inserted by Act 2 of 1996
