Telegraph Act 1870

1870 c.88

An Act to extend the Telegraph Acts of 1868, 1869, to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

[9th August 1870]C1

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)

1 Short title of Act.

This Act may be cited as “The Telegraph Act 1870” . . . F1

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3 Extension of those Acts to Channel Islands and Isle of Man. C2

The M1Telegraph Acts 1868, M21869, shall extend to and be in force in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney and Man, and the Islands and islets adjacent thereto respectively, and for the purposes of the said Acts and each of them the said islands and islets shall respectively be deemed to be part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Amendments (Textual)

Ss. 2, 4-9, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)

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