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Catalogue description Department of Trade and Industry and successors: Industrial and Commercial Policy Division: Registered Files (IC(3) Series)
| Reference: | FV 60 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Department of Trade and Industry and successors: Industrial and Commercial Policy Division: Registered Files (IC(3) Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the Industrial and Commercial Policy Division and is concerned with Restrictive Trade Practices and Monopolies and Mergers legislation. |
| Date: | 1969-1983 |
| Arrangement: |
Former reference order |
| Related material: |
Files relating to price policy and consumer protection are in |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | IC(3) file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division, 1974-1980 Department of Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division A, 1980-1983 Department of Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division B, 1980-1983 Department of Trade and Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division, 1973-1974 Department of Trade and Industry, Industrial and Commercial Policy Division 3, 1970-1973 |
| Physical description: | 138 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1999 Department of Trade and Industry |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Industrial and Commercial Policy Division (3) was established in 1970 when the Department of Trade and Industry was first formed. It acquired part of the Central Industrial Policy Division (ex Mintech), General and Industrial and Industrial Division (ex BOT), and External and Information Division (ex Mintech). The division was primarily concerned with legislation and legislative change with the central aim of consumer protection. In particular the Restrictive Trade Practices Acts 1956-1968, Trade Description Legislation, European Economic Community competition policy, the Fair Trading Bill and Act of 1973, and the Monopolies, Mergers and Restrictive Practices Bill 1971. |
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