Gas Act 1948

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The Gas Act 1948 was a major post-war UK law that nationalised the gas industry by creating area gas boards under public ownership as part of the Attlee government's wider programme of economic and social reform.

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Gas Act 1948 canonical 6
Gas Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created Gas Council ⓘ
area gas boards ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
establishedBodyFunction Gas Council to coordinate area gas boards ⓘ
excludedJurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
geographicalScope Great Britain ⓘ
governmentIntroducedBy Attlee government ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
laterSupersededBy Gas Act 1972 ⓘ
Gas Act 1986 ⓘ
legalCitation Gas Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67) ⓘ
linked to: Gas Act 1948
legislativeStatus partly repealed ⓘ
subsequently amended ⓘ
numberOfAreaBoards 12 ⓘ
ownershipModel public ownership ⓘ
partOf Attlee government economic and social reforms ⓘ
post-war nationalisation programme in the United Kingdom ⓘ
policyContext post-World War II reconstruction in the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalPartyInGovernment Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
providedFor compensation to former gas undertakings owners ⓘ
purpose to create a central Gas Council ⓘ
to establish area gas boards ⓘ
to nationalise the gas industry in Great Britain ⓘ
to transfer gas undertakings to public ownership ⓘ
regulated distribution of gas ⓘ
sale of gas ⓘ
supply of gas ⓘ
relatedTo Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
Transport Act 1947 ⓘ
replacedSystem municipal and private gas undertakings ⓘ
royalAssent 1948-07-30 ⓘ
sectorAffected gas industry ⓘ
shortName 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67 ⓘ
subjectMatter energy law ⓘ
public ownership ⓘ
utilities regulation ⓘ
transferredAssetsFrom local authorities ⓘ
private gas companies ⓘ
typeOfNationalisation state ownership of gas undertakings ⓘ
yearEnacted 1948 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Attlee government → implementedPolicy → Gas Act 1948 ⓘ
Gas Act 1948 → legalCitation → Gas Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67) ⓘ
linked to: Gas Act 1948
Gas Council → legalBasis → Gas Act 1948 ⓘ
Gas Act 1972 → replaces → Gas Act 1948 ⓘ
Gas Act 1965 → relatedTo → Gas Act 1948 ⓘ