Catalogue description Board of Trade: Profiteering Act Department: Files

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Reference: BT 68
Title: Board of Trade: Profiteering Act Department: Files
Description:

The series includes specimens of every order issued by the Profiteering Act Department under the Profiteering Acts 1919 to 1920; and minutes and reports of Committees and Sub-Committees.
Date: 1919-1921
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Trade, Profiteering Act Department, 1919-1921
Physical description: 92 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

The Profiteering Act, 1919, the Profiteering (Continuance) Act, 1919, and the Profiteering (Amendment) Act, 1920, gave powers to the Board of Trade to investigate complaints against profiteers and to proceed publicly against them if necessary, and to determine proper rates of profit. This department was set up in August 1919 to administer the acts, and was disbanded in May 1921 when they expired.

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