ukpga/Vict/62-63/38 — Telegraph Act 1899

Telegraph Act 1899 1899 c.38 An Act to make further Provision for the Improvement of Telephonic Communication, and otherwise with respect to Telegraphs. [9th August 1899] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Payment of expenses of exercise of powers under telephone licence. 2 1 Where the council of a borough or a district are licensed to run a public telecommunication system (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1984) , they may . . . borrow money for the purpose . . . and the council may, subject to the provisions . . . of the licence, exercise their powers under the licence throughout the area for which it is granted, although part of that area may be outside the borough or district. 2 In the application of this Act to Scotland, a royal or parliamentary burgh shall be substituted for a borough, and a police burgh for a district . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Short title. 4 This Act may be cited as the Telegraph Act 1899, . . .