Catalogue description Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor: Electricity Acts: Ministers' Consent

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Reference: POWE 51
Title: Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor: Electricity Acts: Ministers' Consent
Description:

This series contains signed copies of the reports of public inquiries into the use by electricity boards of supply lines, and copies of letters from ministers (extracted from case files) announcing their decisions in the light of the reports.
Date: 1955-1963
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Fuel and Power, Gas Division, 1947-1957

Ministry of Power, Gas Division, 1957-1969
Physical description: 20 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

Under various acts of parliament from 1899 to 1957 the consent or authority of the minister of state is required before an electricity undertaking (ie electricity board) can instate or erect or continue to use a supply line.

Boards are expected to settle these matters "privately" but where there are objections the minister can be brought in. He usually acts after a public enquiry has been held.

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