Alloy and Non-alloy Steel on Ration
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CONTROL of the distribution of %..".alloy and non-alloy steel, as announced by the Minister of Supply on November 12, will begin on February 4, 1952. The new arrangements will be similar to those in operation up to May, 1950, and no person may acquire or use specified types of steel without authorization; there are certain exceptions under a smallquantity exemption clause.
The authorization will permit the consumer to acquire steel direct or to allow his sub-contractors to purchase it. Any consumer, . except a subcontractor, who has not already stated his requirements to the appropriate department or to a regional office of the Ministry of Supply, should apply at once to the department which he normally approaches on matters of production. Present arrangements concerning sheet steel are unaffected.
Consumers whose requirements are 25 tons or less a quarter, including not more than 10 tons of sheet, should apply to their Ministry of Supply Regional Controller. In cases of doubt, application should be made to the Ministry of Supply, Iron and Steel Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, W.C.2.