Where an Electric Power Board or a proposed amalgamation of Boards, with or without other supply authorities, is supplying or is about to supply gas or substantial forms of other energy, as well as electricity, over all or a large part of any region constituted under Part II of the Local Government Act 1974, the Minister may consent to the Electric Power Board or the proposed new body taking the name of “The Energy Board”.

Where the Minister has issued a consent under subsection (3) of this section to any Electric Power Board to change its name to an Energy Board, unless the context otherwise requires, every reference in any enactment or in any regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, licence, or document whatsoever to that Electric Power Board shall be read as a reference to that Energy Board, and every reference to the electric power district of that Electric Power Board shall be read as a reference to the energy district of that Energy Board.

Notwithstanding that the name of an Electric Power Board has been changed to an Energy Board and the name of the electric power district of that Board changed to an energy district, that Board shall continue to be an Electric Power Board within the meaning of this Act, and that district shall continue to be an electric power district within the meaning of this Act.”

The Deputy Chairman may be paid, in addition to any amount payable to him under section 43 of this Act, such annual allowance, not exceeding 10 percent of the amount that may be paid to the Chairman, out of the funds of the Board as the Board from time to time fixes.”

Extraordinary business shall be deemed to include any resolution affecting or likely to affect the continued existence of the Board.”