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Commonwealth Telecommunications Act 1968

1968 CHAPTER 24

An Act to make provision as to the legal capacity of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Bureau and for the repeal of the provisions relating to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Board.

[8th May 1968]

1 Legal capacity of Commonwealth Telecommunications Bureau. E+W+S+N.I.

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Bureau to be established in pursuance of the recommendations of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Conference held in London in March 1966 shall have the legal capacity of a body corporate.

2 Repeal of provisions relating to Commonwealth Telecommunications Board. E+W+S+N.I.

As from such date as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint, not being earlier than the date of the termination of thr Commonwealth Telegraphs Agreements made respectively on 11th May 1948 and on 25th July 1963, the following provisions are hereby repealed, namely—

(a) in the M1 Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949, sections 1 and 2 and Schedule 1 (which relate to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Board established in pursuance of those agreements);

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 S. 2(b) repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and,except as indicated, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1949 c. 39.

3 Short title. E+W+S+N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Telecommunications Act 1968.