An Electric or Electricity Act, with its variations, is a stock short title used internationally for legislation relating to the regulation, generation, transmission, distribution, supply or use of electric power (electricity) as a source of energy.
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Ireland
The Sligo Lighting and Electric Power Act, 1924 - Act No. 1/1924 Electricity Undertakings (Continuance of Charges) Act, 1924 - Act No. 17/1924 Shannon Electricity Act, 1925 - Act No. 26/1925 Electricity Supply (Special Powers) Act, 1926 - Act No. 2/1926 Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 - Act No. 27/1927 Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 - Act No. 23/1999
India
Indian Electricity Act, 1910 The Electricity Act, 2003
New Zealand
Electricity Act 1968New Zealand Parliament Electricity Act 1992New Zealand Parliament, 17 December 1992.
Sri Lanka
Ceylon Electricity Board Act, No. 17 of 1969 Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 20 of 2009 Sri Lanka Electricity Act, No. 36 of 2024
United Kingdom The following list is of UK Public General Acts, which have a national applicability. There are also a large number of Local Acts, not included here. See Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry. Electric Lighting Act 1882 Electric Lighting Act 1886 Electric Lighting Act 1888 Electric Lighting Act 1909 Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 Electricity Act 1947 Electricity Act 1957 Electricity Act 1972 Electricity Act 1979 Electricity Act 1989 Electricity (Supply) Act 1917 Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 Electricity (Supply) Act 1922 Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 Electricity (Supply) Act 1933 Electricity (Supply) Act 1935 Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1931 Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 Electricity (Supply) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992
See also List of short titles Energy Law Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry Gas Act Petroleum Act
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