Section 8: Particular functions.

(1) In addition to the duties outlined under the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Authority may carry on all or any of the following particular functions
(a) the manufacture, provision, sale, letting on hire, connection, maintenance, repair, or removal of any electric lines, fittings, apparatus or appliances for lighting, heating or power or for any other purpose, for which electricity can or may be used; and
(b) the maintenance of shops and showrooms for the display, sale and hire of electrical equipment of all kinds; and
(c) the advertisement of such electrical equipment, whether by way of demonstration, exhibition or otherwise.
(2) All charges made by the Authority for the sale or letting on hire of electric lines, fittings, apparatus or appliances, shall be fixed at such rates that the revenue derived by the Authority from such sale and such letting on hire shall not be less than the expenditure incurred in or about such sale and letting on hire including the cost of providing or manufacturing such electric lines, fittings, apparatus or appliances.
(3) The Authority shall not attach to the supply of electricity any condition involving the provision of, or purchase or hire from the Authority of, any electric fittings, apparatus or appliances; nor give direct or indirect preference to any consumer on condition of such provision by or purchase or hire from the Authority.
(4) All electric lines, fittings, apparatus and appliances provided or let on hire by the Authority on a consumer's premises shall be deemed to form part of the undertakings of the Authority.