In subsection (1) of this section, the term ‘loan’ includes a debt in respect of electrical equipment and ancillary supplies purchased under any arrangement whereby payment by the Minister is deferred for such period or periods and on such terms as may be agreed upon between the Minister of Finance and the person, organisation, or Government to whom the debt is due.”

In any case where, in the opinion of the Council, the whole or any part of the supply district of an Electrical Supply Authority cannot be economically supplied from the Minister’s system of supply either directly or through the Electrical Supply Authority’s own system, the Council may pay, by way of subsidy to the Electrical Supply Authority for the purpose of providing plant for generating electricity and electric works and lines for the transmission and distribution of electricity within that area, such annual sum as the Council may in its discretion think fit:

“Provided that the amount of the subsidy, together with any contribution from the Electrical Supply Authority and the revenue from consumers in the year in which the subsidy is paid, shall not exceed twenty percent of the capital cost of plant and electric lines and works in respect of which the subsidy is paid.”

Except as otherwise expressly provided in any regulations under this Act, no action, claim, or demand whatsoever shall lie or be made or allowed by or in favour of any person against the Crown, or any Minister of the Crown, or any Electrical Supply Authority, or any officer or person, for or in respect of any damage, loss, injury, or expenses sustained or incurred or alleged to have been sustained or incurred, by reason of anything done, continued, ordered, or directed, or purporting to be done, continued, ordered, or directed, in the exercise or intended exercise of any of the functions of the Minister or the Department, whether under the authority of this Act or otherwise:

“Provided that, subject to subsection (2) of this section, the protection afforded by the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply where there has been negligence on the part of the party claiming the protection of this subsection in connection with what has been so done, continued, ordered, or directed.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in any regulations under this Act, no person or body shall have any claim against the Crown, the Minister, or any Electrical Supply Authority, in the event of the failure of the supply of electricity, or of any variation in quantity or voltage or frequency of that supply, caused by demands exceeding available generating or transmitting capacity, or by drought, inevitable accident, or other unavoidable cause, whether of the same nature or not.

No claim shall lie against the Crown, the Minister, or any Electrical Supply Authority where the General Manager or any officer or employee of the Department in accordance with powers granted by this Act or delegated to him has allocated, restricted, varied, prevented, or interrupted the supply of electricity.”