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Department of Trade and Industry and successors: Industrial and Commercial Policy...
Catalogue reference: FV 60
What's it about?
FV 60
This series contains records of the Industrial and Commercial Policy Division and is concerned with Restrictive Trade Practices and Monopolies and Mergers legislation.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FV 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Trade and Industry and successors: Industrial and Commercial Policy Division: Registered Files (IC(3) Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Industrial and Commercial Policy Division and is concerned with Restrictive Trade Practices and Monopolies and Mergers legislation.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files relating to price policy and consumer protection are in FV 88
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- IC(3) file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division, 1974-1980
- Department of Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division A, 1980-1983
- Department of Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division B, 1980-1983
- Department of Trade and Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division, 1973-1974
- Department of Trade and Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division 3, 1970-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 138 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Department of Trade and Industry
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Industrial and Commercial Policy Division (3) was established in 1970 when the Department of Trade and Industry was first formed. It acquired part of the Central Industrial Policy Division (ex Mintech), General and Industrial and Industrial Division (ex BOT), and External and Information Division (ex Mintech). The division was primarily concerned with legislation and legislative change with the central aim of consumer protection. In particular the Restrictive Trade Practices Acts 1956-1968, Trade Description Legislation, European Economic Community competition policy, the Fair Trading Bill and Act of 1973, and the Monopolies, Mergers and Restrictive Practices Bill 1971.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15139/
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