Iron and Steel Act 1949

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The Iron and Steel Act 1949 was a UK law that nationalised the iron and steel industry by bringing major firms under public ownership through the creation of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
administrativeBody Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain ⓘ
affectedBy Iron and Steel Act 1953 ⓘ
amendedBy Iron and Steel Act 1953 ⓘ
archivedIn UK National Archives ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1950 ⓘ
category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1949 ⓘ
United Kingdom nationalisation legislation ⓘ
citationStyle 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 72 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdEntity Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain ⓘ
enactedUnderMonarch George VI ⓘ
governmentInPower Clement Attlee ministry ⓘ
linked to: Attlee government
historicalPeriod post-World War II Britain ⓘ
impact transferred ownership of major iron and steel producers to the state ⓘ
implementedBy Ministry of Supply (UK) ⓘ
industryCovered iron industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
introducedBy Labour government ⓘ
linked to: Attlee government
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalArea economic regulation ⓘ
public ownership law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to provide for the nationalisation of the iron and steel industry and for purposes connected therewith ⓘ
opposedBy Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
policyType nationalisation legislation ⓘ
politicalContext post-war nationalisation programme ⓘ
politicalPartyInGovernment Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
providedFor acquisition of securities of iron and steel companies ⓘ
compensation to former owners of nationalised undertakings ⓘ
control of development and reorganisation of the industry ⓘ
purpose to bring major iron and steel firms into public ownership ⓘ
to coordinate and plan the iron and steel industry at national level ⓘ
regionApplied Great Britain ⓘ
relatedConcept mixed economy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 ⓘ
Electricity Act 1947 ⓘ
Transport Act 1947 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 24 November 1949 ⓘ
shortTitle Iron and Steel Act 1949 ⓘ
status partly repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter nationalisation of iron and steel industry ⓘ
public ownership of major iron and steel undertakings ⓘ
typeOfNationalisation public corporation model ⓘ
yearEnacted 1949 ⓘ

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Attlee government → implementedPolicy → Iron and Steel Act 1949 ⓘ
Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 → relatedTo → Iron and Steel Act 1949 ⓘ
Iron and Steel Act 1949 → shortTitle → Iron and Steel Act 1949 ⓘ
Iron and Steel Act 1953 → repealsOrAmends → Iron and Steel Act 1949 ⓘ