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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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British Telecommunications Act 1981

1981 CHAPTER 38

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    New Corporation for the Provision of Telecommunication and Data Processing Services

    1. The Corporation

      1. 1. The Corporation

    2. Powers and duties of the Corporation

      1. 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 4, 5... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Powers of the Secretary of State over the Corporation

      1. 6. General control and supervision by the Secretary of State

      2. 7, 8... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. Users’ Councils

      1. 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. Transfers of property, rights and liabilities

      1. 10. Transfers of property, rights and liabilities

      2. 11—20... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. Charges and other terms and conditions applicable to services

      1. 21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 22.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. Limitation of liability

      1. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. Finance

      1. 24—27.. General duty of the Corporation as to finance

      2. 28.

      3. 29, 30... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. The Corporation’s accounts, and audit thereof

      1. 31. The Corporation’s accounts and audit thereof

    10. Pensions

      1. 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 33. Power of the Secretary of State to make orders about pensions

      3. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. Rating

      1. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 36. Rating in Scotland

      3. 37—52... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. Miscellaneous

      1. 53.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 55.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 56.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 57.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. PART II

    The Post Office

    1. Powers and duties of the Post Office

      1. 58.

      2. 59.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 60.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 61.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Powers of the Secretary of State over the Post Office

      1. 62.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 63.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 64.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Post Office Users’ Councils

      1. 65.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. Exclusive privilege of the Post Office with respect to the conveyance etc. of letters

      1. 66.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 67.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 68.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 69.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. Limitation of liability

      1. 70.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. Finance

      1. 71.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 72.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 73.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 74.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 75.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. Pensions

      1. 76.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. Miscellaneous

      1. 77.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 78. Interpretation and extent of Part II

  3. PART III

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 79. Powers of Treasury to dispose etc. of the shares of Cable and Wireless Limited

    2. 80.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 81. Stamp duty

    4. 82. Tax provisions

    5. 83. Financial provisions

    6. 84. Power of managers of certain welfare funds to preserve their scope

    7. 85. General interpretation

    8. 86. Application to Northern Ireland

    9. 87. Consequential amendments

    10. 88. Transitional provisions

    11. 89. Repeals and savings

    12. 90. Short title and extent

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Provisions with respect to the Corporation and the Members thereof

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    Provisions as to Transfers of Property, Rights and Liabilities

  6. SCHEDULE 3

    Consequential Amendments

  7. SCHEDULE 4

    General Transitional Provisions

  8. SCHEDULE 5

    Special Transitional Provisions with Respect to Patients for Inventions and Registered Designs

  9. SCHEDULE 6

    ENACTMENTS REPEALED

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 Telegraphs Acts; and for connected purposes.

[27th July 1981]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act excluded by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 5 para. 12(4)

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent; Act wholly in force on 1.10.1981 (day appointed under s. 1(2) (now repealed)) by S.I. 1981/1274.

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