Section 44: Interpretation.

(1)
The reference in this Act to the body to whom this Act applies is a reference to-
(a) the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria established under the Electricity
(b) the Niger Dams Authority established under the Niger Dams Act 1962, and the references in any other enactment or law to those bodies or either of them shall be construed as references to the Authority and effect shall be given to the enactment or law with such modifications as may be necessary.
(2)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires or it is otherwise expressly provided, the following expressions have the meaning respectively assigned to them-
"ancillary works" means the Kainji works or works connected therewith, including reservoirs, locks, lakes, canals associated with the dam on the river Niger commonly known as Kainji Dam, the main transmission lines and other schemes for the provision of works in addition thereto on or in connection with the river Niger and its affluents which have been approved or are existing on the vesting date;
"authorised undertaker" means any person or body of persons, other than a private enterprise, empowered by the Minister to generate, transmit, distribute, supply or sell electricity within any area;
"Authority" means the National Electric Power Authority established by section 1 of this Act;
"the Board" means the Board of Directors of the Authority as constituted pursuant to section 2 of this Act;
"electricity lines" means any wire, conductor or other means used for conveying, transmitting or distributing electricity or electric currents and includes any earth conductor, guard, instrument, insulator, casing, tubing or standard, pole, post or other support of any electric line or anything connected therewith;
"functions" includes powers and duties;
"Government" means the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
"Minister" means the Minister for Power and Steel;
"main transmission lines" means all extra high pressure cables and overhead lines transmitting electricity from a generating station to any other generating station or to a sub-station, together with any step-up or step-down transformers and switch-gear necessary to, and used for, the control of such cables or overhead lines, and the buildings or such part thereof as may be required to accommodate such transformers and switch-gear;
"occupier" includes
(a) in the case of land registered as freehold or leasehold under the provision of the Registration of Title Act or land registered under any enactment replacing that Act, whether in relation to its application to the former Federal territory or otherwise, the person for the time being recorded in the register as being the owner;
(b) in relation to land or other property of a community, the chief or head of that community; and
(c) the holder of a right of occupancy and a person or community lawfully using or occupying land in accordance with customary law; and "vesting date" means 1 June, 1972;
(3) The references in sections 23 and 24 of this Act to a "referee" are references to a referee appointed by the Minister.