Bank of England Act 1946

The Bank of England Act 1946 is an act of the 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". This was one of a series of nationalisations by the post-war Labour government led by Clement Attlee.

Provisions

Commencement

Section 5 of the act provided that the act would come into force on a day appointed by the treasury by statutory instruments.
The provided that the act would come into force on 1 March 1946.