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Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 946)

Section 1 amends section 4(2) of Act 899 by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b). This section amends the First Schedule to set two electricity-related levies: a 3% Public Lighting Levy and a 2% National Electrification…

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“Section 1 amends section 4(2) of Act 899 by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b).”

Section 1 amends section 4(2) of Act 899 by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b). This section amends the First Schedule to set two electricity-related levies: a 3% Public Lighting Levy and a 2% National Electrification Scheme Levy, both charged on the price of kWh of electricity for all categories of consumers.

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This section amends the First Schedule to set two electricity-related levies: a 3% Public Lighting Levy and a 2% National Electrification Scheme Levy, both charged on the price of kWh of electricity for all categories of consumers.

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§ 1Section 4 of Act 899 amendedRepeal

Section 1 amends section 4(2) of Act 899 by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b).

Section 1—Section 4 of Act 899 amended The Energy Sector Levies Act, 2015 (Act 899) referred to in this enactment as the "principal enactment" is amended in subsection (2) of section 4 by the repeal of paragraphs (a) and (b).
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§ 2Section 2Substitution

This section amends the First Schedule to set two electricity-related levies: a 3% Public Lighting Levy and a 2% National Electrification Scheme Levy, both charged on the price of kWh of electricity for all categories of consumers.

Section 2—First Schedule to Act 899 amended The First Schedule to the principal enactment is amended (a) by the substitution for the fifth row "PUBLIC LIGHTING LEVY", of "PUBLIC LIGHTING LEVY 3% per price of kWh of electricity charged on all categories of consumers To support payment of energy consumed by traffic lights, street lights, public lights on highways; to support investment and maintenance of traffic lights, street lights. public lights on highways; by Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies Electricity Company of Ghana, NEDCO, VRA and other suppliers of electricity Ministry responsible for Power and Electricity Distribution Companies" (b) by the substitution for the sixth row "NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME LEVY'", of "NATIONAL: ELECTRI- FICATION SCHEME LEVY 2% per price of kWh of electricity charged on all categories of consumers To provide funding to support national electrification programme to improve access to electricity Electricity Company of Ghana, NEDCO, VRA and other suppliers of electricity National Electrification Fund". Date of Gazette Notification: 7th April, 2017.
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