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Catalogue description Board of Trade: Insurance and Companies Department: Companies Investigation Reports
| Reference: | BT 397 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Board of Trade: Insurance and Companies Department: Companies Investigation Reports |
| Description: |
The powers of the Board of Trade to appoint inspectors to investigate the affairs of a company and report on them date back to companies legislation of the mid-nineteenth century. They continued with little change until the Companies Act 1947 (consolidated in the Companies Act 1948). The 1948 Act extended the circumstances in which the Secretary of State could appoint inspectors. For example, the Department could appoint inspectors on its own initiative in certain circumstances. The scope for subsequent action after the inspection was also extended and in addition it could petition for the company to be wound up in certain circumstances. Investigations are confidential, but depending on the type of investigation involved, the final report may be published. |
| Date: | 1965 |
| Arrangement: |
The reports were not registered within the departmental filing system. They are therefore arranged in chronological order. |
| Related material: |
Some investigation reports and departmental investigation files are in BT 299 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 2 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to closure for periods up to 100 years |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2006 Department of Trade and Industry |
| Selection and destruction information: | Reports selected using the selection criteria in OSP 25:- unpublished reports relating to selected files and reports relating to inspections where a report was published. The reports have not been held within the corporate filing system. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
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