Citation 1981 c.38 Territorial extent United Kingdom Commencement 1 October 1981 | Royal assent 27 July 1981 | |
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Long title An Act to establish a public corporation to be called British Telecommunications; to make provision with respect to its functions and to transfer to it certain property, rights and liabilities of the Post Office; to make further provision with respect to the Post Office; to provide for dealings by the Treasury in the shares of Cable and Wireless Limited; to amend the Telegraph Acts; and for connected purposes. | ||
The British Telecommunications Act 1981 (1981 c.38) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that transferred the state-owned telephone network from the Post office to a new statutory corporation, British Telecommunications, branded as "British Telecom".
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British Telecommunications Act 1981 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA