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Forests Act 1958
57CIssue of licences over land to a generation company
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57C Issue of licences over land to a generation company
S. 57C(1) amended by No. 48/1996 s. 30.
(1) The Minister may grant or renew a licence to a generation company of any area of land in reserved forest which is used for the purposes of the generation of electricity for supply or sale.
(2) A licence under subsection (1)—
S. 57C(2)(b) amended by No. 48/1996 s. 30.
(b) is subject to the terms and conditions determined by the Minister.
S. 57C(3) inserted by No. 55/1997
s. 27(2), amended by No. 69/2000 s. 53(2).
(3) In this section, ***generation company*** has the same meaning as in the **Electricity Industry Act 2000**.
S. 57D inserted by No. 79/1995 s. 32, amended by No. 48/1996 s. 31(1) (a)(b)(2), substituted by No. 55/1997
s. 26.