Electric or Electricity Act explained

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.

List

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 1968
• Electricity Act 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 (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

See also

• List of short titles
• Energy Law
• Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry