- National Energy Policy Office and Danish Cooperation for Environment and Development, Investigation of Pricing Incentives in a Renewable Energy Strategy, Bangkok, 1998, at 7–17. Also available at www.eppo.go.th/encon/encon-DANCED.html. Site visited 12 January 2004.
- Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, The Studies and Development of Alternative Energy, available at http://203.150.24.8/dede/renew/renew_index.html. Site visited 12 January 2004.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
- Office of Energy Policy and Planning, Thailand Energy Policy and Measures, 2546 (2003), available at www.eppo.go.th/doc/report-2546/4-strategies.html. Site visited 23 May 2004.
- Converted from the Minister of Science, Technology and Energy under the 2002 public administration reform.
- Converted under the 2002 public administration reform from the Director-General of the Department of Energy Development and Promotion under the former Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy.
- Office of Energy Policy and Planning, Council of Ministers’ Resolutions related to Energy Collection: 18 May 2004, available at www.eppo.go.th/admin/cab/cab18may47.html. Site visited 23 May 2004.
- Under the Thai legal system and Constitution, a royal decree is subordinate to and must not contradict or amend any Act of Parliament.
- The Ministry of Energy is established and empowered under ss 5 and 26 of the State Agency Organisation Act, BE 2545 (2002).
- The author has formed this view in his capacity as rapporteur to the Working Group for the Establishment of the Minister of Energy at the Office of the Council of State of Thailand, September 2002.
- Despite the existence of the position of Minister attached to the Office of Prime Minister in s 10(2) of the Public Administration Act, BE 2534 (1992), created under the recent public administration reform in October 2002, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinnawatra has not appointed any person as Minister Attached to the Office of the Prime Minister since the fifth reshuffle of his Council of Ministers office on 3 October 2002. See Royal Thai Government, Council of Ministers, available at www.thaigov.go.th. Site visited 27 May 2004.
- State Agency Organisation Act, BE 2545 (2002), ss 26 and 27; and Royal Decree Amending Provisions to be Consistent with the State Agency Organisation Act, BE 2545, BE 2545 (2002), s 41.
- In practice, the Ministry of Energy and its agencies tend to use the broader term ‘alternative energy’ to include renewable energy rather than the term ‘renewable energy’ proper.
- Thailand Energy Policy and Measures, 2546 (2003), n 6 above, Part 5, ‘Energy Policies and Measures for 2546 (2003)’.
- Ibid, Part 4, ‘Energy Strategies: Energy for Thailand's Competitiveness’.
- Section 3 defines the term ‘Minister’ as Minister of Science, Technology and Energy. At present, by virtue of ss 26 and 27 of the State Agency Organisation Act, BE 2545 (2002) and s 33 of the Royal Decree Amending Provisions to be Consistent with the State Agency Organisation Act, BE 2545, BE 2545 (2002), the term ‘Minister’ means Minister of Energy.
- Converted from the Department of Energy Development and Promodon under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy under the public administration reform of 2002.
- Ministerial Regulation Organising the Department of Alternative Energy Promotion and Energy Conservation, BE 2545 (2002), cl 1(2), (3) and (4).
- Ibid, cl 2(5), (6), (7) and (8).
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