Short Title: | Telephone Transfer Act 1911[1] |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
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. |
Year: | 1911 |
Citation: | 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 26 |
Royal Assent: | 18 August 1911 |
Amendments: | Telephone Transfer Amendment Act 1911 |
Short Title: | Telephone Transfer Amendment Act 1911 |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
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. |
Year: | 1911 |
Citation: | 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 56 |
Royal Assent: | 16 December 1911 |
Amends: | Telephone Transfer Act 1911 |
Collapsed: | yes |
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.
The National Telephone Company had become a monopoly and so the Liberal government decided to take it into public hands.