British Telecommunications Act 1981

British Telecommunications Act 1981

Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Citation	1981 c.38
Introduced by	Keith Joseph
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	27 July 1981
Commencement	1 October 1981
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

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".^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. "The historical development of BT". BT Group. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
2. "Events in Telecommunications History 1981-1983". BT Archives. BT Group. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
3. "British Telecom". The Times. 1 October 1981. p. 9.