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DBWAR, M.L.A., Minister for Industrial Development TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE " THE SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY OF QUEENSLAND ACTS, 1952 TO 1964" . 1 ORDERS IN COUNCIL EXTENDING AREA OF SUPPLY OF SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY OF QUEENSLAND •• 102, 103 REGULATIONS .• 107 BY-LAWS 110 INDEX TO ACTS 117 INDEX TO REGULATIONS 124 INDEX TO BY-LAWS .. 126 THE SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY OF QUEENSLAND ACTS, 1952 to 1964 Southern Electric Authority of Queensland Act of 1952, 1 Eliz. 2 No. 50 Amended by Southern Electric Authority of Queensland Act Amendment Act of 1954, 3 Eliz. 2 No. 52 Electric Light and Power Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act of 1958, 7 Eliz. 2 No. 59 State Electricity Commission Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act oi 1964, No. 59 An Act to constitute the Southern Electric Authority of Queensland, and for other purposes [Assented to 18 December 1952] pART I-PRELIMINARY 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as "The Southern Electric Authority of Queensland Act of 1952." Collective title conferred by State Electricity Commission Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act of 1964, No. 59, s. 20 (2). 2. Parts of Act. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:­ PART I-PRELIMINARY; PART II-CONSTITUTION OF THE AUTHORITY; PART III-AcQUISITION BY AuTHORITY oF ELECTRIC AUTHORITIES; Division !-Acquisition by Agreement; Division 11-City Electric Light Company Limited; Division III-Electric Authorities other than Local Authorities; Division IV-Local Authorities; Division V-Toowoomba Electric Light and Power Company Limited; PART IV-FINANCE AND AccouNTs; Division !-Accounts arid Audit; Division 11-Interest During Construction; Division III-Loans and Deposits; Division IV-Variable Interest Stock; Division V -Secured Debentures and Stock; Division VI-Budget; PART V-POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY; PART VI-OFFENCES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS; PART VII-MISCELLANEOUS. As amended by Act of 1954, 3 Eliz. 2 No. 52, s. 2. 2 s.3 SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, ETC., ACTS 3. Interpretation and definitions. In this Act unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set against them respectively, that is to say:- "The Agreement" means the Agreement between the State of Queensland and the Authority a copy of which is set out in the Second Schedule to this Act; "Area of supply" means the area in which the Authority is for the time being authorised to supply electricity; "Authority" means The Southern Electric Authority of Queensland established, constituted and incorporated by and under this Act; "By-laws" means by-laws made by the Authority under the authority of this Act; "Commission" means The State Electricity Commission of Queensland constituted under "The State Electricity Com­ mission Acts, 1937 to 1952"; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Electricity Supply under "The State Electricity Commission Acts, 1937 to 1952"; "The Company" means City Electric Light Company Limited; ."Construct" includes erect, lay down and place; "Document" includes summons, notice, order and other legal process, minutes and registers; "Electricity" means and includes electric current, electrical energy or any like agency; "Electric authority" means an electric authority under and within the meaning of "The Electric Light and Power Acts, 1896 to 1946"; "Electric line" means and includes a wire or wires, conductor, or other means, used for the purpose of conveying,. transmitting, transforming or distributing electricity, with any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe, pillar, pole, post, frame, bracket or insulator enclosing, surrounding or supporting the same or any part thereof or any apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of conveying, transmitting, transforming or distributing electricity; "Meter" includes every kind of machine used for measuring electricity; "Minister" means the Secretary for Mines and Immigration or other Minister of the Crown for the time being administering this Act; "Officer" includes a member, Manager or Secretary; "Person" includes any body or association or persons corporate or incorporate and any Local Authority (including Brisbane City Council) and any Friendly Society; "Premises" means any building, structure, land and adjuncts thereto which are rented, leased or owned by the person or persons concerned; "Prescribed" means prescribed by this.Act; SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, ETC., ACTS s.3 3 "Public body" means and includes the Crown, the Governor in Council, any Minister of the Crown, any Local Authority including Brisbane City Council and any Joint Local Authority and any body, board, authority or corporation (including a corporation sole) constituted or incorporated by or under any Statute and authorised by Statute to carry on a public undertaking; "Region" means a region of electricity supply constituted under "The Regional Electric Authorities Acts, 1945 to 1952"; "Regional Board" means a Regional Board constituted under "The Regional Electric Authorities Acts, 1945 to 1952," in respect of any region; "Regulations" mean regulations made under this Act; "Road" means and includes any road, street, square, court, alley, highway, thoroughfare, lane, footpath, public passage or place which the public are entitled to use, and any wharf, jetty, bridge, park or reserve which is under the control of a public authority or a Local Authority; "The Rules" means the rules set out in the first Schedule to this Act and any rules or regulations made pursuant to such rules; "Statutory corporation" means any corporation, company or person exercising statutory powers over any road or owning or operating any railway, tramway or canal under any statutory powers; "This Act"-The term includes the Agreement and all Proclama­ tions, Ofders in Council, regulations and by-laws under this Act and for the time being in force; "Toowoomba Company" means the Toowoomba Electric Light and Power Company Limited, a company duly incorporated and registered in the State of Queensland and an electric authority duly authorised to supply electricity pursuant to agreement made on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, between the Toowoomba company and the Commission (as subsequently amended) and Orders in Council pursuant to the said agree... ment; "Undertaking" includes the works, lands, property and operations incidental to the carrying out of the business of the Authority. The term does not include the undertaking of Queensland Industries Pty. Limited or of any subsidiary thereof; "Variable interest stock" or "V. I. stock" means unsecured stock bearing a variable rate of interest which the Authority is authorised under this Act to issue; "Works" means and includes electric lines and also any buildings, structures, machinery, engines, meters, lamps, transformers, plant and equipment (fixed or mobile) sub-stations, street boxes, cables, materials, conveniences, appurtenances, apparatus, works, matters and things of every description whether for or in connection with the generation, trans­ mission, distribution or supply of electricity or otherwise forming part of the undertaking of the Authority; "Year" means the period of time from and including the first day of July in any calendar year to and including the thirtieth day of June in the next succeeding calendar year. 4 ss. 4-7 SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, ETC., ACTS When one word or phrase includes another the derivatives of the one include those of the other. , Any reference in this Act to any other Act shall be taken to include a reference to any later Act amending or in substitution for that other Act. As amended by Act of 1954, 3 Eliz. 2 No. 52, s. 3. Acts referred to: State Electricity Commission Acts, 1937 to 1965. Electric Light and Power Acts, 1896 to 1965. Regional Electric Authorities Acts, 1945 to 1964. 4. Administration of Act. Subject to the Minister the Commission shall administer this Act. PART II-CONSTITUTION OF THE AUTHORITY 5. Establishment of Authority. A public authority of the State of _Queensland to be known as "The Southern Electric Authority of ,Queensland" (being an Electricity Board) with the constitution and rules set out in the First Schedule to this Act is hereby established constituted and incorporated. 6. Authority to be corporation. ( 1) The Authority shall be . a body corporate under the name and style "The Southern Electric Authority of .Queensland" and by that name shall have perpetual succession and an official seal and shall be capable in law of suing and being sued and of taking, purchasing, holding, alienating, having and otherwise dealing with real and personal, movable and immovable property within and outside the State of Queensland and of doing and suffering all such other acts and things as corporate bodies may by law do and suffer. (2) All Courts, Judges, justices and persons acting judiciillly shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Authority affixed to any document, notice or other writing and until the contrary