Bank of England Act 1946
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to bring the capital stock of the Bank of England into public ownership and bring the Bank under public control, to make provision with respect to the relations between the Treasury, the Bank of England and other banks and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 27 |
| Introduced by | Hugh Dalton (Commons) Lord Pethick-Lawrence (Lords) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 February 1946 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Bank of England Act 1694 |
| Repeals/revokes | Bank of England Act 1709 |
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Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Bank of England Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 27) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which came into force on 14 February 1946. The act brought all of the stock of the Bank of England into public ownership on the "appointed date" (1 March 1946). This was one of a series of nationalisations by the post-war Labour government led by Clement Attlee.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Bank of England Nationalised". Retrieved 18 February 2012.
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