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It provided for grants to replace equipment. The reorganisation process was voluntary in large part to be managed by the Cotton Board. [1] It was the last major legislative intervention, following other attempts to help rationalise and modernise the industry including the Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1936 and 1939.
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1947. ... Cotton Industry War Memorial Trust Act 1947. 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. v.
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1959. ... Cotton Industry Act 1959. 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 48. 9 July 1959.
An Act to provide for establishing a board to perform certain services for the benefit of the cotton industry and certain other functions, for the making of payments by cotton spinners to meet the expenses of the board and to provide their contribution to the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the lists of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It established the Cotton Board and was responsible for streamlining the industry by closing "surplus" factories. [1]
An Act to extend the Time for making Enrolments under the Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Conveyance of Land for Charitable Uses," [f] and to explain and amend the said Act. (Repealed by Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 42))
The Calico Acts (1700, 1721) banned the import of most cotton textiles into England, followed by the restriction of sale of most cotton textiles. It was a form of economic protectionism , largely in response to India (particularly Bengal ), which dominated world cotton textile markets at the time.