Encyclopedia > Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977
The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act1977nationalised large parts of the UK aerospace and shipbuilding industries and established two corporations, British Aerospace and British Shipbuilders. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. ... British Shipbuilders was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 to 1986. ...
The bill was rejected by the House of Lords on three separate occasions. It was possible that the provisions of the Parliament Acts could have been employed to enact it, but the legislation was approved by the House of Lords following concessions by the government. This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament. ...
The British Aircraft Corporation, or BAC, was a British aircraft manufacturer, formed from the forced merger of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric, Vickers-Armstrong and Hunting Aircraft Company in 1959. ... Hawker-Siddeley was a British aircraft manufacturing company. ... Hawker Siddeley Dynamics is a division of Hawker Siddeley Company. ... Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer, England, 2003. ...
List of assets subsumed by British Shipbuilders
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Ailsa Troon (acquired in 1978, merged with Ferguson to form Ferguson-Ailsa Ltd in 1981)
Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1659
Aircraft and ShipbuildingIndustriesAct1977, which nationalised large parts of the UK aerospace and shipbuildingindustries and established two corporations, British Aerospace and BritishShipbuilders.
Since the 1949 Act became law, doubts were raised by legal academics as to whether the use of the 1911 Act to pass the 1949 Act, which amended the 1911 Act itself, was valid.
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