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ELECTRICITY (PACIFIC POWER) ACT 1950 - SECT 8

8 Particular powers in certain cases

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of any other provision of this Act, the Commission may, in relation to each of the following electricity supply authorities, that is to say, Sydney Electricity, and the Administrator of the Southern Electricity Supply of New South Wales, exercise all or any of the powers set out in subsection (2).

(2)

(a) Where in the opinion of the Commission the existence of any circumstance relating to or affecting the electricity supply authority, or the performance or non-performance of any act by the electricity supply authority would at any time:

(i) prejudice the supply of electricity to the public, or

(ii) provide a better supply of electricity to the public, or

(iii) delay the construction of any works by or on behalf of the electricity supply authority,

the Commission may give such directions as it may consider appropriate to the electricity supply authority.

(b) The Commission may direct the electricity supply authority, on such terms as the Commission may specify, to make available on loan any officers, servants or employees, employed by the said authority in the design, construction or operation of power stations or transmission lines to any other electricity supply authority.
Any person so directed to be transferred on loan shall retain all the rights and privileges appertaining to his or her office, service or employment before such a transfer, as if he or she had not been so transferred on loan.

(c) The Commission may direct the electricity supply authority to interchange electricity between its power stations and the power stations of any other electricity supply authority (including the Commission) and may give directions in relation to the use of plant and equipment requisite for such interchange.
Such interchange of electricity shall be made upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon by the electricity supply authorities concerned, and in default of such agreement within the time specified in such direction, upon such terms as the Minister may direct.

(3) The powers conferred on the Commission by this section to issue directions to an electricity supply authority shall include the power to issue any such direction to the Chief Executive of Sydney Electricity.

(4) If any direction issued by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section to an electricity supply authority (including the Chief Executive of Sydney Electricity) involves the said authority in any expenses or additional costs which would not otherwise have been incurred, or in any loss in revenue, the Commission shall pay the amount of such expenses or additional costs to such electricity supply authority or reimburse such authority such loss of revenue, as the case may require. In the event of the Commission and the electricity supply authority concerned failing to agree as to the amount which should be paid or reimbursed by the Commission, such amount shall be determined by the Minister.

(5) Any person refusing or failing to comply with any direction issued by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section, within the time specified in such direction for compliance therewith, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units and to a further penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each day on which the offence is continued after the expiration of the time indicated in such direction for compliance therewith.