The Telegraph Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments empowering the Postmaster General to regulate the use of telegraphs and the general conduct of telegraphic business.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 2(3) of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleExtent of repeal48 & 49 Vict. c. 58Telegraph Act 1885The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 25Post Office and Telegraph Act 1940The whole act.2 & 3 Eliz. 28Telegraph Act 1954The whole act.9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 15Post Office Act 1961In section sixteen, in subsection (2), the words from "section two of the Telegraph Act, 1885" to "transmission of telegrams". In section seventeen, the words "or regulations under section two of the Telegraph Act, 1885". In section eighteen, paragraphs (e) and (f). In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Telegraph Act, 1885, the Post Office and Telegraph Act, 1940, and the Telegraph Act, 1954.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 141(1) of, and part II of schedule 11 to, the Post Office Act 1969, which came into operation on 1 October 1969.
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