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Treasury and Board of Trade: Trading with the Enemy and Administration of Enemy Property...

Catalogue reference: BT 272

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BT 272

This series contains orders to vest the property of named individuals and companies in the Custodians (to 1950) and Administrators (from 1950) of Enemy Property; with indexes and other related papers.

Full description and record details

Reference

BT 272

Title
Treasury and Board of Trade: Trading with the Enemy and Administration of Enemy Property Departments: Vesting Orders
Date

1939-1987

Description

This series contains orders to vest the property of named individuals and companies in the Custodians (to 1950) and Administrators (from 1950) of Enemy Property; with indexes and other related papers.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Revoking Orders are kept with the original Order where possible. Those where the original Order number is not given are in BT 272/69

Related material

See also the records of the Second World War depts

A list of vesting orders for China is in BT 271/823

Files of the Enemy Property Branch are in BT 15

Separated material

No vesting orders for China have survived

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Administration of Enemy Property Department, 1948-1957
  • Board of Trade, Enemy Property Branch, 1957-1969
  • Board of Trade, Trading with the Enemy Department, 1942-1948
  • Department of Trade and Industry, Finance and Economic Appraisal Division, 1970-1974
  • Treasury and Board of Trade, Trading with the Enemy Branch, 1939-1942
Physical description

79 flat sheets and volumes

Access conditions

Open

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Unpublished finding aids
Indexes and registers to the Vesting Orders are in BT 272/70-78.
Administrative / biographical background

The power to vest property in the Custodians of Enemy Property was granted to the Board of Trade under the Trading With the Enemy Act 1939, Section 7. The Board was later given the power to vest property in the Administrators of Enemy Property by the Distribution of German Enemy Property (No 1) Order 1950 (SI 1950 No 1642) and by various Peace Treaty Orders.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3308/

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