Bank of England Act 1946

The Bank of England Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 27) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which came into force on 14 February 1946. The Act brought all of the stock of the Bank of England into public ownership on the "appointed date" (1 March 1946). This was one of a series of nationalisations by the post-war Labour government led by Clement Attlee.[1]

Bank of England Act 1946

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	Long Title An Act to bring the capital stock of the Bank of England into public ownership and bring the Bank under public control, to make provision with respect to the relations between the Treasury, the Bank of England and other banks and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation	9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 27
Introduced by	Hugh Dalton (Commons) Lord Pethick-Lawrence (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	14 February 1946
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Bank of England Act 1709
Amended by	Bank of England Act 1998 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended