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Telegraph Act 1870
1870 CHAPTER 88 33 and 34 Vict
An Act to extend the Telegraph Acts of 1868, 1869, to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
[9th August 1870]
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C1Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
1 Short title of Act.U.K.
This Act may be cited as “The Telegraph Act 1870” . . . F1
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
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F2Ss. 2, 4-9, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
3 Extension of those Acts to Channel Islands and Isle of Man. U.K.
The M1Telegraph Acts 1868, M21869, shall extend to and be in force in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney and Man, and the Islands and islets adjacent thereto respectively, and for the purposes of the said Acts and each of them the said islands and islets shall respectively be deemed to be part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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C2Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, p. 400), art. 2
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F3Ss. 2, 4-9, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
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F4Ss. 2, 4-9, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
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