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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LD 5
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Office of Fair Trading: Restrictive Trade Practice Act: Registered Papers and Digital Files (P Prefix Series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1945-2006
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Description
(What the record is about)
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The series contains records relating to mergers including Restrictive Trade Prices, Stock Exchange and Private School Fees.
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Note
(Additional information about the record)
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Pieces 5420-5425 will be processed at a later due due to access.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' after a forward slash, which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records.
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Related material
(A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also
TS 83
See also records of the Restrictive Practices Court in
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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P
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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Office of Fair Trading, 1973-1973
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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5864 paper files and digital records
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Closed unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2024 Competition and Markets Authority
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Closure status
(Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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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
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Trade and commerce
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Custodial history
(Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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These files were inherited by the Competition and Markets Authority from the Office of Fair Trading that fall under the Enterprise Act 2002 Statute Bar, previously known as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act.
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economic regulator. The OFT's goal was to make markets work well for consumers, ensuring vigorous competition between fair dealing businesses and prohibiting unfair practices such as rogue trading, scams, and cartels. Its role was modified and its powers changed with the Enterprise Act 2002. The OFT was established in 1973 and was dissolved in 2014 when the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was formed under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17918579/