Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

25.   Exclusive right to generate electricity from fossil fuels

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    (1)   During the continuance of the licence a person except the Company shall not generate from fossil fuels, transmit (save for his or her own consumption and use), distribute or sell electricity within Saint Lucia.

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    (2)   (a)   A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months.

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    (b)   In addition to the penalty in paragraph (a), he or she may be ordered by any court having summary jurisdiction to disassemble his or her equipment at his or her own expense within such time as such court may prescribe.

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    (c)   If he or she fails to comply with the order of the court under paragraph (b), within the prescribed time, that court shall order the equipment to be disassembled by the Commission and such person shall be liable to pay the Commission its reasonable charges for disassembling such equipment.

(Substituted by Act 2 of 2016)