ABSTRACT
The setting of British public utilities is markedly different from that in America. The rapid extension of national public services marks a revolution in British thought and life. A variety of public service enterprises have been created, but they may be divided generally into the statutory company under regulatory control, the Department of State as a public commercial undertaking, and the public utility trust, the latest form of public service organization. The three forms of public utility organization which will receive attention are the statutory company under regulatory control, the public authority undertaking, and the public utility trust. Clauses Acts have played an important part in the creation of public utility enterprises. Clauses Acts are merely General Acts in a particular form. By means of them, large groups of sections, which used to be repeated in much the same form in Act after Act, can be adopted and applied en bloc, subject to any variations necessary to meet particular cases.
