| Short Title: | Port of London Act 1908 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to provide for the improvement and better administration of the Port of London, and for purposes incidental thereto. |
| Year: | 1908 |
| Citation: | 8 Edw. 7. c. 68 |
| Royal Assent: | 21 December 1908 |
| Repeal Date: | 1968 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Port of London Act 1968 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | no |
The Port of London Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 68) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established the Port of London Authority and regulated corporate governance at the Port of London. It merged numerous inefficient and overlapping private companies and gave unified supervision to Britain's most important port. That enabled London to compete more effectively with Hamburg and Rotterdam. David Lloyd George, the President of the Board of Trade, was the major sponsor for the Liberal Party.[1]
Sections 1(1) to (6) stated there shall be a port authority with ten appointed members by the Board of Trade and London County Council.
Section 1(7) went on to say the following: