British Airways Board Act 1977

British Airways Board Act 1977[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate Part III and Schedule 8 of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 and certain enactments in Part IV of that Act and the Air Corporations Act 1967 and certain provisions of the Air Corporations (Dissolution) Order 1973 with corrections and minor improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.
Citation1977 c. 13
Territorial extent United Kingdom[b]
Dates
Royal assent30 March 1977
Commencement30 April 1977[c]
Repealed1 April 1984[d]
Other legislation
Repealed byCivil Aviation Act 1980
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The British Airways Board Act 1977 (c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the British Airways Board in the United Kingdom.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 24(1) of the act repealed 7 enactments and revoked 1 instrument, listed in schedule 2 to the act.[2]

Enactments repealed by section 24(1)
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1967 c. 33 Air Corporations Act 1967 Sections 2(3), 10, 11, 23, 25, 26, 28 and 31(1). In section 31(2) the words from "and any power" to "an order" and the words "or order". Section 33(1). Section 36. Schedule 1. In paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 the words "or section 24 of this Act". Schedule 3.
1968 c. 61 Civil Aviation Act 1968 Section 24.
1971 c. 75 Civil Aviation Act 1971 Part III. In section 63, in subsection (1) the words "an instrument containing such orders as are mentioned in the following subsection" and the words "and regulations under section 56 of this Act", and subsection (2). In section 64(1), in the definition of "accounting year", the words "or the Board or the group within the meaning of Part III of this Act" and the words "or the Board or the said group", the definition of the Board and in the definition of "subsidiary" the words "except in Part III of this Act". Schedule 8. In Schedule 10, paragraphs 16, 21(3), 22 and 23.
1972 c. 11 Superannuation Act 1972 Section 21. In section 30, subsections (3) and (5)(c). In Schedule 6, paragraphs 68 and 96.
1973 c. 51 Finance Act 1973 Section 36(2).
1974 c. 8 Statutory Corporations (Financial Provisions) Act 1974 In Schedule 2, paragraph 6 and in paragraph 7 the words "(2) The British Airways Board" and the entries relating to sections 41(2) and 48(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1971.
1975 c. 55 Statutory Corporations (Financial Provisions) Act 1975 In Schedule 2, the words "The British Airways Board". In Schedule 4, paragraph 6(5).
Instruments revoked by section 24(1)
Citation Title Extent of revocation
SI 1973/2175 Air Corporations (Dissolution) Order 1973 The following provisions, namely, paragraphs 5, 7 to 12 and 14 to 24 of the Schedule.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 8(1) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Civil Aviation Act 1980, which came into force on 1 April 1984.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 25(1).
  2. ↑ Section 25(3).
  3. ↑ Section 25(2).
  4. ↑ The Civil Aviation Act 1980 (Appointed Day) Order 1983 (SI 1983/1940).

References

  1. ↑ "British Airways Board Act 1977 (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "British Airways Board Act 1977", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1977 c. 13
  3. ↑ "Civil Aviation Act 1980", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1980 c. 60