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Diesel Power Station Act 1965

CONSOLIDATED ACTS OF SAMOA 2008

DIESEL POWER STATION ACT 1965

Arrangement of Provisions

TITLE
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Authorising entry into contract
4. Making some instalments payable under the contract statutory expenditure
5. Authorising letter of credit and security therefor

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THE DIESEL POWER STATION ACT 1965

1965 No.3

AN ACT to authorise the Minister of Works to enter into a contract with Maschienenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg Aktiengesellschaft of Augsburg in the Federal Republic of Germany Machinery Manufacturers (hereinafter called the contractor) for the sale and purchase, erection and installation of a Diesel Electric Power Station, and incidental thereto.

(12 April 1965)
(Commencement date: 12 April 1965)

1. Short title - This Act may be cited as the Diesel Power Station Act 1965.

2. Interpretation - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Government" means the Government of Samoa;

"Minister" means the Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.

3. Authorising entry into contract - (1) The Minister is hereby authorised, on behalf of the Government, to enter into a contract with the contractor, whereby the contractor will agree to manufacture and sell to the Government, a Diesel Electric Power Station, including 2 diesel engines, alternators, accessories and other equipment, and erect and install the same at Tanugamanono in the town of Apia, for a price not exceeding 1,736,932 German Marks, payable at Augsburg aforesaid by instalments during the years 1965 and 1966.

(2) The Minister shall lay a copy of any such contract (other than technical annexures) before the Legislative Assembly within 28 days after the date of execution of the contract if the Assembly is then in session, and if not within 28 days after the commencement of the next ensuing session.

4. Making some instalments payable under the contract statutory expenditure - Any instalments payable under any such contract during the year 1966, not exceeding a total sum of 680,932 German Marks, shall be charged upon and payable out of the Treasury Fund, and shall be statutory expenditure.

5. Authorising letter of credit and security therefor - Whereas funds have already been transferred by the Government to the Deustche Bank in Augsburg aforesaid and invested in the name of the Government in the Federal Republic of Germany, NOW the Minister is hereby authorised to:

(a) Arrange with the said Deutsche Bank to issue an irrevocable letter of credit to the contractor to cover the payment of all instalments payable under any such contract; and

(b) Give to the said Deutsche Bank a lien or mortgage over such investments, to secure the reimbursement of the said Deutsche Bank for the payments it will be required to make under that letter of credit.

REVISION NOTE 2008

This law has been generally edited as provided for by section 5 of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008. The following general revisions have been made –

(a) References to Western Samoa have been amended to Samoa in accordance with an amendment to the Constitution of Samoa in 1997.

(b) Amendments have been made to up-date references to offices, officers and statutes.

There were no amendments made to this law since the publication of the Western Samoa Statutes Reprint 1978-1996.

Revised and consolidated by Leilani Pereira-Moeono
Under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel)

REVISION NOTES 2008 No. 2

The commencement date (which as stated in section 1) is the date of assent is inserted (section 4 Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008).

Revised and consolidated by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel)

The Diesel Power Station Act 1965 is administered
in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.