Electricity Companies Act 1997
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8 Members of company
[Section 8 Substituted by No. 18 of 2025, s. 7, Applied:01 Jan 2026]
(1) The members of a company are –
(a) the Minister; and
(b) the Treasurer.
(2) If, at any one time, one person is both the Minister and Treasurer –
(a) the Treasurer must nominate another Minister, being a different person, to be a member of a company; and
(b) a reference in this Act to the Minister is taken to be a reference to the other Minister so nominated; and
(c) a reference in this Act, or any other Act, to the members of a company is taken to include a reference to the other Minister so nominated.
(3) If the Treasurer nominates another Minister as a member of a company, the Treasurer is to notify the company in writing of that fact, as soon as practicable after the Treasurer makes the nomination.