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Document Summary

This Act saw the the break-up of the British Transport Commission into five new public authorities:

  • British Railways Board;
  • British Transport Docks Board;
  • British Waterways Board;
  • London Transport Board;
  • Transport Holding Company.


Please note that this Act is presented in its amended form as at 7th Jan 2007. This Act may have been further amended by subsequent legislation. For details of amendments please see the UK Statute Law Database at www.statutelaw.gov.uk

This document was published on 1st August 1962 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

It was written by Her Majesty's Government.

The original document format was HTML, and comprised 171 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from UK Statute Law Database and is in our Primary legislation collection. It was added to the Archive on 7th January 2007.

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This document is Crown Copyright, and is subject to the terms governing the reproduction of crown copyright material. Depending on the status and age of the original document, you may need an OPSI click-use license if you wish to reproduce this material, and other restrictions may apply. Please see this explanation for further details.

"An Act to provide for the re-organisation of the nationalised transport undertakings now carried on under the Transport Act 1947, and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of public authorities as successors to the British Transport Commission, and for the transfer to them of undertakings, parts of undertakings, property, rights, obligations and liabilities; to repeal certain enactments relating to transport charges and facilities and to amend in other respects the law relating to transport, inland waterways, harbours and port facilities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid."

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