Bank Charter Act 1844

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Bank_of_England
other English banks
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Peel's_Act
gptkbp:category gptkb:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:economic_policy
gptkb:Banking_regulation
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1844
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance foundation of modern central banking in UK
established Bank of England's monopoly on note issuance
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Robert_Peel
gptkbp:provides required Bank of England to back notes with gold reserves
separated Bank of England into Issue and Banking departments
set maximum fiduciary issue
limited note-issuing rights to Bank of England and existing private banks
required new note-issuing banks to cease issuing notes
gptkbp:purpose control currency issuance
regulate the issue of banknotes
restrict the powers of the Bank of England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bank_of_England_Act_1694
Banking School
Currency School
gptkbp:repealedBy No
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Samuel_Jones_Loyd,_1st_Baron_Overstone
gptkb:The_Bank_of_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
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