Telephone Transfer Act 1911
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The Telephone Transfer Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which nationalised the telephone companies.
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| Long title | An Act to make provision in relation to the transfer to the Postmaster General of the plant, property, and assets, and of the staff of the National Telephone Company, Limited, and for the further improvement of Telephonic Communication. |
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| Citation | 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 26 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 August 1911 |
| Commencement | 18 August 1911[b] |
| Repealed | 27 July 1981 |
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| Repealed by | British Telecommunications Act 1981 |
Status: Amended | |
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| Telephone Transfer Amendment Act 1911[c] | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Telephone Transfer Act, 1911, so as to authorise a payment to be made to the National Telephone Company, Limited, of a sum on account of the Telephone Purchase Money before the amount thereof is finally ascertained. |
| Citation | 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 56 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 16 December 1911 |
| Commencement | 16 December 1911[b] |
| Repealed | 22 December 1927 |
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| Amends | Telephone Transfer Act 1911 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1927 |
Status: Repealed | |
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The National Telephone Company had become a monopoly and so the Liberal government decided to take it into public hands.
Subsequent developments
Sections 1–4 of the act were repealed by section 1(1) of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6), which came into force on 23 May 1950.[1]
In section 9 of the act, the words from " The expression " where first occurring, to " which is not discharged " were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5), which came into force on 18 December 1953.[2]
The whole act was repealed by section 89(1) of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the British Telecommunications Act 1981, which came into force on 27 July 1981.[3]
See also
Notes
- Section 10(1).
- Section 2(1).
