The Companies Act 1947 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, that updated UK company law after the Companies Act 1929. It was soon recodified in the Companies Act 1948.
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Companies Act — (with its many variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and South Africa relating to company law. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Companies Bill during its passage through… … Wikipedia
Companies Act 1928 — was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated UK company law. Provisions It introduced the power of the court to make a disqualification order prohibiting a person from being concerned in the management of a company was… … Wikipedia
Companies Act 1948 — The Companies Act 1948 Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to consolidate the Companies Act, 1929, the Companies Act, 1947 (other than the provisions thereof relating to the registration of business names, bankruptcy and the… … Wikipedia
Transport Act 1947 — Under the Transport Act 1947 the railways, long distance road haulage and various other types of transport were acquired by the state and handed over to a British Transport Commission for operation. The commission was responsible to the Ministry… … Wikipedia
Electricity Act 1947 (UK) — The Electricity Act 1947 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised the numerous municipal and privately owned electricity generation and supply utilities in Great Britain. They were replaced with a British Electricity… … Wikipedia
List of pre-nationalisation UK electric power companies — The electrical power industry in the United Kingdom was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947, when over 600 electric power companies were merged into twelve Area Boards.List of companiesCompanies merged into East Midlands Electricity Board… … Wikipedia
Transport Act 1962 — Described as the most momentous piece of legislation in the field of railway law to have been enacted since the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1854 [ cite journal|title=Transport Act, 1962|journal=Modern Law Review|date=March… … Wikipedia
Railways Act 1921 — The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country s 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal … Wikipedia
Big Four British railway companies — Big Four was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923 1947. The name was coined by the Railway Magazine in its issue of February 1923. The Big Four were:* Great Western Railway (GWR) *… … Wikipedia
Railways Act 1993 — The Railways Act 1993 [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts1993/ukpga 19930043 en 1] was introduced by John Major s Conservative government and passed on 5 November 1993. It provided for the restructuring of the British Railways Board (BRB), the… … Wikipedia
