Telephone Transfer Act 1911 Explained

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.

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  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 10(1) of this Act.