VATREG10150 | Entity to be registered: incorporation by other means

The following are examples of bodies incorporated by other means:

• Bodies incorporated by Act of Parliament

  • the Port of London Authority (incorporated by the Port of London Authority (Consolidation) Act 1920, the Port of London Act 1968 and the Ports Act 1991)

  • the National Coal Board (incorporated by the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1954 to the Coal Industry Act 1990)

  • the Atomic Energy Authority (incorporated by the Atomic Energy Authority Acts 1954 to 1986)

  • the Independent Television Commission (incorporated by the Broadcasting Act 1990)

  • the Post Office (incorporated by the Post Office Acts 1969 to 1977).

• Bodies incorporated by Royal Charter

  • the British Broadcasting Corporation

  • the Institute of Directors

  • the British Standards Institute.

• Bodies incorporated under other Acts of Parliament

  • Universities in England and Wales (under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992)

  • Building Societies (under the Building Societies Act 1986)

  • Credit Unions (under the Credit Unions Act 1979)

  • various types of associations (under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967)

  • the Police and Magistrates Court Act 1994.

• Bodies incorporated by company law of another country.