LAGOS STATE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR LAW 2018

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

LAGOS STATE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR LAW 2018

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Interpretation.

2.       Objectives of this Law

3.       Responsibility of the Ministry

4.       Powers of the Ministry

5.       Establishment of the Lagos State Electricity Board

6.       Composition of the Board

7.       Tenure of Office of Members of the Board

8.       Remuneration and Allowances

9.       Cessation of Office of Members of the Board

10.     Meetings

11.     Voting

12.     Quorum

13.     Proceedings of the Board

14.     Power to Co-opt

15.     Common Seal of the Board.

16.     Filing of Vacancy

17.     Functions of the Board

18.     Powers of the Board

19.     The General Manager of the Board

20.     Secretary to the Board

21.     Legal Adviser and other Staff of the Board

22.     Application of the Pensions Law

23.     Indemnities

24.     Rural Electrification

25.     Embedded Power Providers

26.     Feedstock Merchants

27.     Establishment of the Embedded Power Stabilisation Fund

28.     Establishment of the Power Fund Management Company

29.     Establishment of the Lagos State Embedded Power Council

30.     Composition of Members of the Council

31.     Duties of the Council

32.     Tenure of Office of Members of the Council

33.     Cessation of Office of the Members of the Council

34.     Remuneration and Allowances

35.     Meetings.

36.     Quorum

37.     Voting

38.     Proceedings

39.     Common Seal of the Council

40.     Validity of Proceedings of the Council

41.     Power to Co-opt

42.     Quarterly Report of the Council

43.     Ad-hoc Committees of the Council

44.     Alternative Dispute Resolution

45.     Procedure for Cause of Action against the Board.

46.     Exemption

47.     Establishment of the Power Task Force

48.     Power to Enter, Search and Seize

49.     Jurisdiction

50.     Duty of Care of a Distribution Company

51.     Power Plant Operators

52.     Offences and Penalties

53.     Ascertainment of Cost of Damage Under this Law

54.     Aiding and Abetting

55.     Receiving Stolen Property

56.     Unauthorized Supply of Electric Power by Non-Licensed Entities

57.     Illegal/Unauthorised Dealing with Licensee’s Network Equipment and Infrastructure

58.     Interference with Meters on Works of Licensee

59.     Penalties not to Affect other Liabilities

60.     Penalty where Offence is Committed by the Licensee

61.     Offences by Incorporated Entities

62.     Compounding of Offences

63.     Prima Facie Evidence of Illegal use of Electricity and Theft of Electricity Lines, Materials or Infrastructure

64.     Incentive Scheme

65.     Disconnection of Electric Service

66.     Liability of Licensee

67.     Power of the Commissioner to give Directives

68.     Transfer of Electric Installations

69.     Funds of the Board

70.     Power of the Board to Borrow Money

71.     Accounts and Audit

72.     Annual Reports

73.     Annual Estimates

74.     Quarterly Reports of Special Purpose Vehicle(s)

75.     Restriction of Execution on Board’s Installation.

76.     Exemption from Stamp Duty.

77.     Power to make Regulations.

78.     Repeal

79.     Citation and Commencement.

8TH ASSEMBLY, HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, LAGOS STATE

LAGOS STATE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR LAW [LAW No. 2018 ]

A LAW TO IMPROVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, POWER GENERATION  AND DISTRUBUTION THROUGH AN EMBEDDED POWER SCHEME IN  LAGOS STATE AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONSUMER RIGHTS  AND OBLIGATIONS AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.

Commencement                                                    (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)

THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:

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