ENERGY COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT 933
ACT, 2016
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Section 2 of Act 541 amended
2.
Section 56 of Act 541 amended
3.
Section 57 of Act 541 amended
REPUBLIC
OF GHANA
ACT
OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ENTITLED
ENERGY COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016
AN ACT to amend the Energy Commission Act, 1997 (Act
541) to incorporate provisions on local content and
local participation in relation to the energy supply
industry and for related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT: 16 DECEMBER 2016
PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the
President:
Section 2 of Act 541 amended
1. The Energy Commission Act,
1997 (Act 541) referred to in this Act as the
principal enactment is amended in section 2 by the
insertion after paragraph (g) of subsection
(2) of
"(ga) promote local content and local participation
in the supply, transmission,
distribution and sale of electricity and natural gas
and the provision of allied services to support
national development."
Section 42 of Act 541 amended
Section 42 of Act 541 amended
2. Section 42 of the principal enactment is amended
(a)
by the insertion after paragraph (e) of
"(ca) promotion of local content and local
participation in the energy sector"; and
(b)
by the substitution for paragraph (d) of
"(d) such other related purposes and expenses as may
be determined by the Commission
Section 56 of Act 541 amended
3. The principal enactment is amended in section 56
by the
insertion
after subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (a) of
"(viii) for the promotion of local content and local
participation
to
support national development."
Section 57 of Act 541 amended
4.
The principal enactment is amended in section 57 by
the insertion
after the definition of "interconnection service" of
""local
content" means the percentage of utilisation of
Ghanaian human and material resources,
services and businesses,
in monetary terms,
for the systematic development of national capacity
and capabilities for the enhancement of the Ghanaian
economy;
"local
participation" means the percentage of local equity
ownership in a sector or industry;".
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