Short Title: | Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939 |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Long Title: | An Act to make provision for the better organisation of the cotton industry and certain industries related thereto; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. |
Year: | 1939 |
Citation: | 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54 |
Royal Assent: | 4 August 1939 |
The Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It established the Cotton Board and was responsible for streamlining the industry by closing "surplus" factories.[1]