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Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files: Department of Energy Branch, (S/C, S/CS, S/G,...

Catalogue reference: TS 49

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TS 49

Registered files selected from various series raised by the Treasury Solicitor's outstation at the Department of Energy and its predecessors the Board of Trade, Ministry of Fuel and Power, and Ministry of Power. The registered files contain...

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TS 49

Title
Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files: Department of Energy Branch, (S/C, S/CS, S/G, S/H, S/IND, S/M and Q, S/MS, S/P Series)
Date

1928-1987

Description

Registered files selected from various series raised by the Treasury Solicitor's outstation at the Department of Energy and its predecessors the Board of Trade, Ministry of Fuel and Power, and Ministry of Power. The registered files contain correspondence and associated papers arising from legal advice and representation on issues relating to the regulation of coal, gas, electricity and petroleum during and after the Second World War. They cover the period from 1941 to 1974 when the Department of Energy took over the responsibility for the branch records for administrative reasons.

The selected records include:

  • Coal - works (e.g. drainage), control of supply and pricing, consumer councils, primary and subordinate legislation for nationalisation, and the European Coal and Steel Community
  • Mines and Quarries - safety regulations (e.g. storage and use of explosives, adequate ventilation) and prosecutions for contravention
  • Gas - Arbitration Tribunal Cases (stockholders' compensation)
  • Industry - loans to Cornwall Tin and Mining Ltd under s.7 of the Industry Act 1972 and reorganisation and subscription for shares in British Leyland
  • Miscellaneous - efficiency loans to industry, and petrol rationing
  • Petroleum - orders under s.3 Continental Shelf Act 1964 and pipeline inquiries under the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958

Arrangement
Arrangement

The records are arranged in the order and series in which they were registered; i.e. S/C (Coal), S/CS (Chief Scientist), SG (Gas), S/H (Highways), S/IND (Industry), S/M (Miscellaneous), S/M & Q (Mines and Quarries) and S/MS (Mines: Subsidence) and S/P (Petroleum).

Separated material

The later records of the Treasury Solicitor's Department of Energy Branch were transferred to the Ministry of Technology on the transfer of functions in 1970, and following further transfer of functions in 1974, are now with the Department of Trade and Industry.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

S file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Department of Trade and Industry Branch, 1971-1972
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Fuel and Power Branch, 1949-1958
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Power Branch, 1958-1970
  • HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, Ministry of Technology Branch, 1970-1971
  • Treasury Solicitors Department, Department of Energy Branch, 1975-1983
  • Treasury Solicitors Department, Department of Energy Division, 1984-1992
Physical description

515 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1994 Treasury Solicitor's Department

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14117/

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Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files: Department of Energy Branch, (S/C, S/CS, S/G, S/H, S/IND, S/M and Q, S/MS, S/P Series)