Telegraph Act 1885

Telegraph Act 1885

The Telegraph Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 58) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It became law on August 14th, 1885.

It was considered to be read as one with the previous Acts of 1863-1878, and cited with them as the Telegraph Acts; it was also considered a Post Office Act with regard to the Post Office (Offences) Act 1837.

It repealed Section 15 of the Telegraph Act of 1868, and substituted for it provisions enabling the Postmaster-General, with the consent of the Commissioners of the Treasury, to make regulations about the hours and general conduct of business at telegraph offices, the conditions of use of telegraphic services, and the fees for those services. However, it laid down maximum charges for the most common uses of the service.

It stipulated that charges throughout the United Kingdom were to be at a fixed rate regardless of distance, not exceeding 6"d" for the first twelve words or ½"d" per additional word, inclusive of addresses. This charge was to include delivery on foot within one mile of the telegraph office, or to the town postal boundaries; if the message was to travel further, it would be delivered with the next standard postal delivery from that office, at no additional charge, or optionally by foot messenger at no more than 6"d" per two miles.

All regulations made under this Act were to be laid before Parliament, and have statutory force; any regulations made under the 1868 Act were to remain in force until repealed by the Postmaster-General or superseded by new regulations. The Act extended to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

References

*"Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1886". Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1886
* [http://www.terramedia.co.uk/law/UK_media_law/telecom_laws.htm Terramedia] UK media law -Accessed March 2007


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