Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ICarta of transmission" meens the area within which the holder of 8 trans- mission licence is for the time being authorised by Iicence to transmit energy; (b) "Commission" means the Orissa Electricitg Regulatory Commission consti- tuted under sub-section (1) of Section 3; (e)"Gridco" means the Grid Corporation of Orissa Limited as referred to in Seclion 13; (d) "Hydro Power Corporation" hereinafter referred to as the O.H.P.C. means the Orissa Hydro Power Corporation Limited incorporated under the Companies 1 Of j956 . Act, 1956 with eliect horn the twenty-first day of April, 1995; (e) "licend' means a licence granted under Chapter VZ - (fl "licensee" or "licence holder'' means a person licenced under Chapter VI to transmit or suppIy energy includim Grldco; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules or regulations; ' (11) "Public Service Commission" means the Public Servico Commission for the State of Qriss8 established pursuant to articIe 315 of the Constjtution of India; ( i ) "regulE!tion" means regulations made by the. C~mrnissi.~n under this Act; (j) "relative" means the relative as dehned under Section 6 of the Companies 1956 Act, 1956; (k) "rules" means rules made by the State Govanment under this Act; ( I ) "selection committee" means the selection committee constituted Section 4; (m) "State'' means St ate of qri8sa; (n) "State Government" means the Government of the State; +par the ill, see Orissa Guzerte, Emordinary, dated the 20 th November, 1993 (NO. 1304) , Eslablish- ment wJd constitution of the Commigion.. . ~onslilution of the Sdleclion Committee, ( 0 ) 'rsupply licence'' means a licence under clause (b) of sub-~cction (11 or , Section 15; @) ''transmission. licence" means a liccncc under clause (a) of sub-section (11 of Section 15; (q) ''transmir" in relation to electricity, means transportation or transmission of electricity by means of a system operated and controlled by a licensee. ,which consists, wholly or mainly, of extra high voltage and thtra h i ~ h tension lines and electrical plant and is used for transforminy: and for conveying or transferring eleclricity from a generatin:: slzt ion '!a, e sub-station, from one generating station lo another 01.. horn one sub- station to another OF othemise from one place to ao@tT-.er; (r) wordfi and expresfiion used but not definei: in this Act esd dcfinec rn jq 1918 the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 shall have - the meanings respecllvely assigned to them in that Act; {s) wcrds and expiession used' but not defined cjther in tl:is Act or in the 54 0 f 1 ~ ~ 8 , Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 and defined in the 1ndi::n Eldtricity Act, or 1910. , 1910 shall have the meanings 'respectively assigned to them id :h2I Act. CHAPTER IT ORISSA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMlSSlON ' 3.-(1) For tbe purposes of this Act, the State Government hall, wirhin 3 months ci the commencement of this Act, establish, by notification, a- Commission to be known as the Orissa Eleal icity Regulatory Commission, which s ball be a body corporate with perpetual succ&ir.n and a common seal .with power to acquire and hold proprrty, movable and immovzble, and shall by the said name bz tp:itled to sue and be sued. (2) 'I-be Commission shall cdnsist of three members to be appoinled by the State Goiernrne~t from person6 selected by the 5elcction rommitrce constituted for the purpose. - (3) The Slate Government shall, as per the recommendatio:~ of the selection ' committee, 'designate one of th-e niembers as the Chrirman of the Commission but, until such designation, the mosr ~enior member of the , Commi5sions shall act as Chairman, such seniority being ~eckoned firm the date of joining of the Commission by tbe members. (4. Whcn the Chairman of the Commission is unzFe ro >ischzrge rhc functions owing to abience, illness or any othcr causz, the senior moit member of the Commi6sion shall discharge ihe functi, n. of the Chairman, until the day, cjn which the -Chairmar? :.ssgme: the chzrge of his functions. (5) No act or procedings of the Commission shzIl be invalid by reeson only of the existence $f any vacancy among iis member, Gr any defect in the conatiturion thereof. (6) The method and manner of selection and appointmest cf members of the Commission and designation of one of the lnerubers 2s Chairmzn shall be such as may be prescribed' by rules.