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British Telecommunications Act 1981

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	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 Telegraph Acts; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1981 c. 38
Introduced by	Keith Joseph
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	27 July 1981
Commencement	1 October 1981
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that transferred the state-owned telephone network from the Post Office to a new statutory corporation, British Telecommunications, branded as "British Telecom".

References

1. "The historical development of BT". BT Group. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
2. "Events in Telecommunications History 1981-1983". BT Archives. BT Group. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
3. "British Telecom". The Times. 1 October 1981. p. 9.

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